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  • Angela Merkel defends euro deal

    The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has mounted a strong defence of the deal struck at last week's EU summit to protect the euro. The 麻豆约拍鈥檚 Steve Evans analyses her speech to the German parliament.

    Duration: 03:36

  • EU deal 鈥� Irish view

    The British have not signed up to the deal struck at last week鈥檚 EU summit but are the other 26 countries definitely onboard? Thomas Byrne is a senator for Ireland's opposition Fianna Fail party.

    Duration: 08:04

  • Japanese radiation

    Radiation from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant has spread across much of eastern Japan, causing scares about contaminated food. But not everybody is concerned, as Roland Buerk reports from Tokyo.

    Duration: 12:59

  • Belgian attack 鈥� fourth body discovered

    Following Tuesday's attack in the Belgian city of Liege, the authorities say they have found a fourth victim. The 麻豆约拍鈥檚 Matt Cole is in Liege and explains what is known about the gunman.

    Duration: 18:06

  • Don鈥檛 let the bed bugs bite

    Newshour hears from Professor Mike Siva-Jothy, an entomologist at Sheffield University, who claims that being hairy can make you less likely to be bitten by bed bugs.

    Duration: 22:59

  • Families of Haiti鈥檚 cholera victims to sue UN

    Lawyers representing the families of victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti say they intend to sue the United Nations for billions of dollars. The 麻豆约拍's Mark Doyle is in Haiti investigating the case.

    Duration: 32:07

  • Chinese land rights protests

    Professor Yiyi Lu, of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, discusses the recent unrest in China over land rights and Daily Telegraph journalist Malcolm Moore reports from Guangdong province.

    Duration: 37:14

  • Student prostitution on the rise in UK, union claims.

    The UK鈥檚 National Union of Students claims that the government鈥檚 cuts mean that more students are "being pushed into sex work" to make ends meet. Newshour hears one student鈥檚 story.

    Duration: 42:45

  • 鈥淎pple could never have been created in Singapore.鈥�

    In a 麻豆约拍 interview, Apple鈥檚 co-founder, Steve Wozniak, claims that the company wouldn't have come into existence in a country where thinking outside the mainstream wasn't encouraged.

    Duration: 49:15

  • Is Singapore creative?

    Is Steve Wozniak right about Singapore? Dan Koh is a writer, playwright, and editor of poskod.sg, a website about modern life in Singapore. Does he think the country lacks creativity?

    Duration: 52:59

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  • Wed 14 Dec 2011 14:05GMT
    麻豆约拍 World Service Online

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    Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.