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11/08/2011 (1300 GMT)

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大象传媒 World Service Online

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  • England riots

    More than 1,500 people have been arrested across England after the rioting and looting of the past days. Newshour asks Britain's Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke how the courts are coping.

    Duration: 09:20

  • England riots 2

    Mehdi Hasan, political editor of the New Statesman magazine, and Ed Boyd, a Crime and Justice research fellow at the group Policy Exchange, debate the government's response to the riots.

    Duration: 12:58

  • High speed trains

    The Chinese government has ordered a temporary halt to the approval of new high speed rail projects after a collision last month. Hear Simon Rabinovitch of the Financial Times in Beijing.

    Duration: 17:41

  • Senegal Mourides

    Mouridism is the youngest Sufi brotherhood in Senegal but its numbers are growing and followers often make their way to Europe. Tim Judah reports from Senegal.

    Duration: 22:58

  • England riots debate

    Newshour hears from the British parliament where politicians have been debating the rioting and looting in England of the past few days.

    Duration: 29:50

  • Riot debates: Hackney

    Hackney was one of the areas of London worst hit by the riots. Our reporter Tom Esslemont has been there to gauge reaction to Prime Minister David Cameron's speech in Parliament.

    Duration: 33:09

  • Rioters in court

    Courts in several cities have been sitting though the night to deal with suspects arrested across England this week.

    Duration: 42:59

  • Italy finances

    Amid continuing volatility on world stock markets, the Italian economy minister, Giulio Tremonti, has been speaking about proposals to rapidly reduce Italy's budget deficit.

    Duration: 47:04

  • Kissing Germans

    A German group which sees itself as a guardian of correct etiquette says greeting colleagues with a peck on the cheek is "offensive". Newshour hears from their chairman Hans Michael Klein.

    Duration: 50:07

  • Putin's discovery

    Russian journalist Svetlana Kunitsyna looks how Russia's prime minister Vladimir Putin found two sixth century urns in full view of the media, while scuba diving off the Black Sea coast.

    Duration: 52:59

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  • Thu 11 Aug 2011 13:05GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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    Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.