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US economy slams into reverse

The American economy is shrinking

As the US economy slams into reverse we ask whether it heralds the start of real trouble or if it can just be blamed on bad weather.

Should e-cigarettes be regulated? Public health specialists in the UK have urged the World Health Organisation not to "control and suppress" e-cigarettes as it prepares to publish global guidelines on the devices. We get both sides of the argument.

Violence-torn Libya pleads with international investors to return. Will they be enticed?

Also in the programme, how scandals took the shine off Indian Premier League cricket.

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Thu 29 May 2014 16:32GMT

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  • Thu 29 May 2014 16:32GMT