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More or Less: Death Row
Is it true that for every nine people executed in the US, there is one person exonerated?
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The Inquiry: Who Can Fix Fifa?
Law professor Mark Pieth tried to reform football’s governing body from the inside.
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Trending: "I will never allow you to become a doctor"
Rather a pole dancer than a doctor†– we talk to the Indian doctor whose blog went viral.
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From Our Own Correspondent: In Bujumbura
Andrew Harding reflects on the roots of recent events in Burundi's capital
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The Why Factor: Television
Why has television proven to be such a powerful influence on our lives?
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The Inquiry: Why Do US Cops Keep Killing Unarmed Black Men?
Former cop Seth Stoughton says a ‘warrior mentality’ makes police more likely to shoot
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: The Fake Policeman Causing a Stink in Sweden
Meet ‘Bängan Lagerblad’, the fake cop on a mission to reform Sweden’s police force
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From Our Own Correspondent: Seeds of Destruction
Mark Tully traces the roots of Indian farmers' despair - and explores one way out
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More or Less: How Useful are Statistics About Sex?
Sir David Spiegelhalter explains the usefulness of statistics about sex.
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The Inquiry: Why Is South Africa Still So Unequal?
Yoliswa Dwane on the poor schooling she sees as the root cause of continuing inequality.
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: The man who ‘abducted’ children as part of a ‘social experiment’
YouTuber Joey Salads ‘picked up’ children to make a point, but did his idea backfire?
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From Our Own Correspondent: The Anti-Semite's Secret
Csanad Szegedi was a far-right Hungarian nationalist. Then he found out he was Jewish
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Jargon
Why do we use jargon?
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The Inquiry: Is Cyber Warfare Really That Scary?
Thomas Rid suggests attacks on critical infrastructure are difficult and unlikely
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: The vagaries of learning English
Why people on Chinese social media reacted to a techexec speaking English at a conference
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From Our Own Correspondent: A Russian-Chinese Life
Inna's experiences have mirrored every twist and turn of the Sino-Soviet relationship
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More or Less: Xenophobia in South Africa
Are international migrants stealing jobs?
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The Inquiry: How has Rwanda Saved the Lives of 590,000 Children?
Fidele Ngabo says it’s down to an army of health workers
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From Our Own Correspondent: The View from Oryol
Bridget Kendall visits Oryol, a Russian provincial town with a rich literary heritage
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The Why Factor - Daydreaming
Does everyone’s mind wander? And why do we do it?
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The Inquiry – What’s the Yemen Conflict Really About
Sarah Jamal says the 2011 revolution failed to deliver justice
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: The #100 Sareepact
Founders of #100sareepact explain how they inadvertently created a worldwide movement.
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From Our Own Correspondent: Getting the Needle
Lucy Ash examines the Russian approach to drug use and harm prevention
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More or Less: The Ignorance Test.
Can you pass world health expert Hans Rosling’s Ignorance Test?
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The Inquiry - Is There A New Nuclear Arms Race?
John Mecklin says nuclear-weapon states are competing again.
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending - #Black Lives Matter
After killing of Walter Scott we speak to the co-creator of the #BlackLivesMatter hashtag
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From Our Own Correspondent: The Coffee of a Lifetime
The worldwide coffee industry and where to get the best cupful on Earth
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The Why Factor - Suicide
Every year, across the world, around a million people take their own lives. But why?
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The Inquiry: Cuba - What Would Che Say?
Lucia de Toledo on what Che Guevara would make of the diplomatic thaw with the US
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Â鶹ԼÅÄ Trending: Faces of Prostitution
Australian sex workers fight stigma.