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14/08/2011 (1200 GMT)

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

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Sun 14 Aug 2011 12:05GMT

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  • Afghan attack

    At least 19 people have died in a militant attack on a government compound in central Afghanistan. Newshour has the latest.

    Duration: 05:17

  • China bans US professors

    A group of US-based academics have been denied permission to enter China, following a book they co-wrote about China's restive western province, Xinjiang. Newshour speaks to one of them.

    Duration: 03:30

  • England's 'Schindler's List'

    In 1938 two Church of England ministers helped save the lives of 1,800 Jews in Austria, baptising them in the hope that the certificates would help them escape the country. Mike Thomson reports.

    Duration: 08:05

  • The boy who saw Martians

    In the UK, newly released government files on UFOs show a lack of will and resources to study thousands of reported sightings. Newshour speaks to one man who claims he saw a UFO.

    Duration: 04:22

  • Indian 'Elvis' dies

    The veteran India actor Shammi Kapoor has died at the age of 79. He was one of the most popular film stars of the 1950s and 1960s. Newshour looks back on his illustrious career.

    Duration: 05:00

  • The changing Hispanic face of the US

    Hispanics make up over 15 percent of the American population and that is expected to rise to just under a third by 2050. Jonny Dymond reports.

    Duration: 04:28

  • Suu Kyi makes rare political trip

    Hundreds of people have lined the streets to welcome the Burmese pro-democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, on her first political trip outside Rangoon since her release from house arrest last November.

    Duration: 03:30

  • Brand England

    Stores were looted, buildings set ablaze and five people died amid the rioting that broke out in London then spread out across the UK. Will it damage England's reputation abroad?

    Duration: 07:30

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  • Sun 14 Aug 2011 12:05GMT

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