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Mahmoud Abbas

Why does the new Palestinian leader have two names?

Problems with what to call the new Palestinian leader as he has two names - Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the nom d'guerre Abu Mazen. Write On talks to the Head of News at the Arabic Service to find out why this.

One listener wants to know where ideas for programmes come from on the World Service - Siobhan Tighe of Reporting Religion and Gavin Poncia of Outlook share their inspirations.

Other topics include 'Wright Around the World', baseball in India and the World Service motto.

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13 minutes

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project