19/04/2011
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Syria
More reports are emerging of serious casualties in the Syrian city of Homs, when security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters. Jonathan Marcus looks at why the events in Syria matter.
Duration: 08:57
Misrata evacuees
On Monday, a thousand people were taken by boat from the Libyan town of Misrata to the rebel stronghold, Benghazi in the east. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ’s Peter Biles was there to see the boat arrive.
Duration: 12:56
Coins
A hoard of gold coins, which lay buried in a London garden for 70 years, is now on display at the British Museum. Ian Richardson, of the British Museum, tells the remarkable story behind the discovery
Duration: 17:35
Cuba
Cuba’s Communist Party have said they may let people buy and sell their homes instead of the old system of either passing them on to children or swapping them. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Lawrence Pollard is in Havana.
Duration: 22:56
Misrata
Sir Menzies Campbell is an MP from Britain's Liberal Democrats and a former party leader and foreign affairs spokesman. Does he think NATO's doing enough to protect the lives of people in Misrata?
Duration: 35:56
British Republicans
There are a minority of Britons who believe that the Royal Family is a waste of taxpayers' money but as Gabriel Gatehouse reports, Britain's Republicans are struggling to make their voices heard.
Duration: 42:20
Nigeria violence
An estimated 16,000 people have fled their homes in northern Nigeria after clashes following the re-election of President Goodluck Jonathan. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Komla Dumor is in Nigeria.
Duration: 51:33
Syria
The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Owen Bennett Jones has the latest from Syria.
Duration: 52:58
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