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12/01/2012

The United States denies involvement in a car bomb that killed an Iranian nuclear scientist and we debate a decade of Guantanamo Bay with a former inmate and a lawyer.

Rhod Sharp with news from around the world.

The US military announces it's investigating an unverified video that seems to show American marines urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Retired US General James "Spider" Marks tells Rhod he thinks the video is legitimate and will act as a recruiting tool for the Taliban.

Relations between the Pakistan Government and military deteriorate further.

A French TV journalist is among the latest fatalities in Syria.

A decade after Guantanamo Bay received it's first inmates, we debate whether the US detention centre will still be open in another ten years time with a former inmate, Mozzam Begg, and American lawyer, David Rivkin, who argues it's a necessity.

Residents of an Alsakan town call in the National Guard after facing weather so severe they lose their cars in snowdrifts.

Plus, Dr Chris joins Dr Rhod to discuss why everyone sounds different on tape and what exactly 'referred pain' is.

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