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04/12/2009
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Reaction to the World Cup draw, and the Sudanese girl given 50 lashes for wearing a skirt.
05/12/2009
The Russian president: nightclub fire which killed more than 100 people is a criminal act
06/12/2009
Another crisis in the Anglican church as a second American gay bishop is elected.
07/12/2009
08/12/2009
An Iraqi musician tells us about fears for his students as bombs kill scores in Baghdad.
09/12/2009
Ireland's strict abortion laws are challenged in the European Court of Human Rights.
10/12/2009
President Obama accepts his Nobel Peace Prize, but did he deserve it? And does pink stink?
11/12/2009
Zimbabwe's Mugabe says his party is tearing itself apart. And Avatar meets Star Trek.
Bidding for Iraqi oil, Iranian students angry at Dutch ban, and a very large cocktail.
12/12/2009
13/12/2009
The UN's aid agency for Palestinians, UNWRA, marks its 60th year. A cause for celebration?
14/12/2009
The fourth US hiker in Iran, an AIDS drug failure and coping with breast cancer.
Copenhagen summit is suspended after African protest. How much are you worth to society?
15/12/2009
Obama's health care reforms 'on a precipice', plus conflict and al-Qaeda in Yemen.
16/12/2009
Police clash with climate campaigers in Copenhagen. We talk to activist Bianca Jagger.
23/12/2009
UN punishes Eritrea for "aiding" Somali insurgents and UK legal highs become illegal.
20/12/2009
22/12/2009
Liberia's president offers cash to expose graft and a new gift idea - divorce vouchers.
18/12/2009
Its deal time in Copenhagen as climate change summit nears end and khat culture in Yemen.