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04/02/2014
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
Rwanda genocide trial
Rwandan spy in dock over killings; Cancer 'tidal wave' predicted; Chaplin book published
Pakistan Taliban talks
Failure of talks explained; Portugal auction uproar ; Computer game to fight cancer.
05/02/2014
UN Denounces Vatican Over Abuse
Report: Vatican allowed rape; Sochi not ready for Games; Belgian child euthanasia debate
Priest Child Abuse
Bishop and victim respond to UN Vatican report; South Africa mine rescue; robotic arms
Sochi Games start amid tight security
Is Western news coverage of Sochi biased?; 'Orwellian' Turkish internet law; fake art
06/02/2014
US blames Russia for leaked recording
Leaked tape of US diplomatic discussion; Syrian children targeted; salmon mystery solved
Alain de Botton deconstructs Newshour
Alain de Botton deconstructs Newshour; Sochi games; partial evacuation of Homs begins.
Economic protests in Bosnia
Violent clashes in several Bosnian towns; Sochi Olympics open; the end of "Kazakhstan"?
Spanish princess in court
Cristina questioned over fraud; French comedian Dieudonné; definition of cool
Syria Convoy Escapes
Syria Convoy Escapes; Spanish princess grilled by judge; Copenhagen giraffe for the chop.
Muslim man 'burned in street'
Mob violence in CAR; music from thoughts; the changing flavour of NY's Chinatown
Swiss referendum
EU regrets Swiss immigration vote; US gay marriage; the sound of Gravity
Second round of Syria peace talks
Report from the city of Homs; end of Australia's car industry and oldest star in universe
10/02/2014
Being gay in professional sport
Being gay in the NFL and English soccer; truce extended in Homs; online bullying
11/02/2014
Syria latest
Boys and men from Homs "interrogated"
UN says monitoring Syrian evacuees; Shirley Temple: diplomat, sharing a druglord's name.
Homs Evacuation Resumes
Concern for men leaving Homs; Spain's Judge Baltasar Garzon; Salvador's castaway returns
Britain's first Syria suicide bomber?
Aleppo bomber reportedly from UK; Penguin to pulp Hindu history book; autistic boy's cat
Afghan prisoner release
Afghan prisoner release; what mathematicians find beautiful; Chinese vs Japanese history.
Belgium approves child euthanasia
Right to die without age limit; Italian PM to quit; Pepper spray in Indian parliament
Thousands flee Indonesian volcano
Volcanic eruption in Indonesia; Italy's premier resigns; Obama's favourite TV drama?
14/02/2014
Syria talks 'going nowhere'
Film-maker's Homs horror; biggest physics experiment; real life Monuments Men