12/10/2011 (1300 GMT)
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Burma
As hundreds of Burmese prisoners are released - is this a sign that the Burmese authorities are really serious about freedom and how are countries in the region viewing the releases?
Duration: 09:43
Libya humanitarian
With heavy fighting continuing in the Libyan city of Sirte, we have a report on conditions in hospitals where wounded men are denying that they're Gaddafi loyalists.
Duration: 03:04
China calligraphy
Concerns in China that a younger generation, weaned on computers, is struggling with the country's ancient writing system.
Duration: 03:46
Germany computer virus
An outcry in Germany following accusations that the authorities have been using spying software that allegedly went far beyond what's permitted by German law.
Duration: 04:39
Shalit
Is the deal to free a thousand Palestinian detainees in exchange for the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit too favourable to the Palestinians?
Duration: 02:30
Shalit reaction
Reaction from Ghazi Hamad, the deputy foreign minister of the Hamas government in Gaza.
Duration: 03:10
Uganda child sacrifice
Chris Rogers travelled to Uganda to meet a victim who survived the ritualistic practrice of child sacrifice. Some listeners may find his report disturbing.
Duration: 06:28
Iran US Saudi plot
What will the next plot twist be in the saga of the alleged attempted assassination of the Saudi ambassador to Washington by agents linked to Iran?
Duration: 03:00
Kashmir graves
Sanjoy Majumder reports on the government-ordered investigation to determine the identity of nearly six-thousand bodies buried in unmarked graves.
Duration: 04:00
Unlikely inventors
What has Margaret Thatcher got in common with Kevin Costner?
Duration: 04:46
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