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09/04/2011 (1300 GMT)

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  • Nigeria election

    Polling stations have opened in Nigeria in an attempt to hold parliamentary elections that were postponed last week. People in Kaduna tell Newshour they're feeling optimistic.

    Duration: 05:40

  • Deadly clashes in Syria

    At least 23 demonstrators are reported killed in anti-government rallies in the Syrian city of Deraa, as renewed protests spread across the country. Lina Sinjab reports from Damascus.

    Duration: 02:20

  • Tahrir Square protests

    Two people are killed, doctors say, and dozens wounded during protests in Tahrir Square in the Egyptian capital, Cairo. Newshour speaks to a protestor there.

    Duration: 03:30

  • Gaza airstrikes

    Fighting has continued for a third day in and around Gaza, in the worst violence since Israel's major offensive over two years ago. Jon Donnison reports from Gaza City.

    Duration: 05:15

  • Confronting a dark past

    Stephen Evans talks to a German woman whose parents were Nazis and how she is coming to terms with her family's past.

    Duration: 04:15

  • Ivory Coast violence

    The French army in Ivory Coast says its helicopters have been in action against supporters of the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo. Mark Doyle is in Abidjan where there has been heavy fighting.

    Duration: 05:00

  • South African leaders visit Libya

    The South African leader, Jacob Zuma, is to lead a delegation of African leaders to Libya this weekend as part of new attempts to end the deadlock there.

    Duration: 03:20

  • The first time traveller?

    The idea of time travel is usually associated with The Time Machine, by HG Wells, but a Spanish playwright, Enrique Gaspar, actually wrote his version several years earlier. Newshour investigates.

    Duration: 05:10

  • 9/11 museum controversy

    Relatives of victims of the attacks of 9/11 have said it would be disrespectful to include unidentified human remains in the memorial museum at Ground Zero. Newshour reports.

    Duration: 04:00

  • Making sweet music

    The Virginia Symphony Orchestra plays well together - and not just at work. Of 48 players in the orchestra, 18 are married to each other. Newshour meets one harmonious duo.

    Duration: 06:00

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  • Sat 9 Apr 2011 12:05GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online

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