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26/04/2011 (1300GMT)

Arab League explain Syria strategy; al-Qaeda official reported dead; reduced Royal wedding

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Chapters

  • Syria 1

    A resident of Damascus describes the situation in Syria as security forces move into towns to stop further anti-government protests.

    Duration: 02:34

  • Syria 2

    Will Arab countries call for international intervention? We hear from an Arab League spokesman.

    Duration: 02:16

  • Guantanamo

    As more leaked US intelligence documents are published, British journalist Jason Burke tells us what they reveal about Osama bin Laden's movements.

    Duration: 04:34

  • Al Qaeda death

    Our correspondent Quentin Sommerville reports that American-led international forces in Afghanistan have killed a senior al-Qaeda figure.

    Duration: 03:00

  • WiFi

    How worried are you about security when accessing the internet in a public place? We speak to the chief executive of an internet security company.

    Duration: 03:44

  • India virtual brides

    What is a virtual bride? Rahul Tandon reports from Chennai on the latest craze for men.

    Duration: 04:10

  • Italy France border

    What can be done about the more than twenty-thousand migrants from north Africa who have arrived in Italy and France over the past three months?

    Duration: 08:29

  • Ash cloud

    We hear from a professor who says the authorities were right to have cancelled flights during last year's volcanic eruption in Iceland and to Simon Calder, travel writer for the Independent newspaper.

    Duration: 04:36

  • Syrian 3

    As British Foreign Secretary William Hague says the eyes of the international community are on Syria, we hear from a member of a foreign policy think tank and a journalist from a Beirut newspaper.

    Duration: 04:46

  • Reduced Shakespeare Company

    We hear the modern history of the British royal family in less than three minutes from Adam Long, actor and founding member of the Reduced Shakespeare Company.

    Duration: 04:02

  • Best of British

    We ask Mark Vernon, a journalist, broadcaster and former priest in the Church of England will the royal wedding on Friday be simply a colourful pageant, or will it have some deeper significance?

    Duration: 04:57

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  • Tue 26 Apr 2011 13:05GMT
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online

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