12/01/2011 (1400 GMT)
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LEBANON GOVERNMENT
Hezbollah members of the Lebanese cabinet have threatened to quit; a move that might bring down the government. Newshour hears from Fadia Kiwan, Professor of political science in Beirut.
Duration: 08:10
RUSSIA CRASH REPORT
Russia has blamed the Smolensk air crash which killed the Polish president and nearly 100 other people last year on Polish pilot error.
Duration: 12:05
AUSTRALIA FLOODS
The flood waters in Australia's third largest city - Brisbane - are expected to peak in the next few hours. Our correspondent Nick Bryant describes the scene in Brisbane earlier today.
Duration: 20:53
SRI LANKA FLOODS
Floods in Sri Lanka have left 18 people dead and 200,000 homeless. Our correspondent in Colombo, Charles Haviland, describes the situations people face in the flood-affected area.
Duration: 23:00
TUNISIA UNREST
The anti-government unrest in Tunisia has reached the capital, Tunis. Newshour speaks to Tunisia's Ambassador to the UK, Mr. Hatem Atallah.
Duration: 31:34
HAITI
One year on from the devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Matthew Price returns to Port-au-Prince to see how the anniversary is being marked.
Duration: 42:01
PORTUGAL BONDS
Portugal has raised 1.249bn euros through the sale of government bonds today. Markets have been watching closely to see how easily the debt-hit nation can raise funds.
Duration: 46:06
JAPANESE SURNAMES
Five people in Japan are fighting a court battle to overturn a law there which - in most cases - requires married couples to share a last name.
Duration: 50:45
LEBANON UPDATE
Hezbollah members of the Lebanese cabinet have threatened to quit; a move that might bring down the government. Newshour's Owen Bennett Jones is in Beirut following the story.
Duration: 52:50
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