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  • Syria

    We speak to Lina Sinjab in Damascus about the ambitious agenda of the meeting between former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and President Assad of Syria.

    Duration: 04:18

  • Syria 2

    The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has been speaking to people in Idlib and we are joined by their spokesperson Hivin Kako.

    Duration: 03:04

  • Syria 3

    As the Qatari prime minister says that Arab and Foreign troops should be deployed to end the bloodshed, we speak to Paulo Pinheiro, who leads the UN Commission of Inquiry into Syria.

    Duration: 05:00

  • China bikes

    Adam Minter reports from Shanghai on the cyclists who are ripping off motorists by staging fake accidents and demanding compensation.

    Duration: 04:10

  • Pisa fresco

    Our Rome correspondent Alan Johnston discovers that an art form associated with the Italian Renaissance has not been consigned to the past entirely.

    Duration: 04:46

  • Russia

    With thousands of Russians taking to the streets to protest against the election of Vladimir Putin as president for the third time, Richard Galpin reports from a rally in central Moscow.

    Duration: 04:05

  • Abkhazia

    As Abkhazia holds parliamentary elections, Damien McGuinness reports on the growing instability in the country which broke away from neighbouring Georgia in the 1990s.

    Duration: 05:09

  • Yemen

    We speak to Times reporter Iona Craig in Sanaa about the airstrikes which the Yemeni authorities say have killed eighteen al Qaeda- linked militants.

    Duration: 35:38

  • Football 1

    And some good news for financially troubled Rangers, whose players are sacrificing up to seventy-five percent of their pay so the club can complete the season.

    Duration: 04:30

  • Football 2

    Could the Rangers players' pay cuts be a sign of things to come? We speak to Nick Isles, chairman of the High Pay Centre, an independent pressure group which monitors executive pay.

    Duration: 03:20

  • Bagpipes

    Today is International Bagpipe Day and we speak to the organiser of a celebration in London of the global reach of the instrument.

    Duration: 04:45

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  • Sat 10 Mar 2012 12:05GMT
    成人论坛 World Service Online

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