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16/08/2011 (1300 GMT)

Indian authorities detain anti-corruption activist and new love letters from Mrs Simpson.

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Chapters

  • India corruption arrest

    Hear reactions from around India to the arrest of the anti corruption campaigner Anna Hazare.

    Duration: 07:10

  • Indian democracy at work?

    Rahul Mehra, a supreme court lawyer in Delhi, and Varghese K George, Bureau Chief at the Hindustan Times newspaper in Delhi, discuss the arrest of Indian anti-corruption campaigner Anna Hazare.

    Duration: 12:57

  • Broken relationships

    The 大象传媒's David Whitty visits the London museum devoted to broken relationships. It is a collection of apparently ordinary objects, sent in by people to tell the story of their failed love affairs.

    Duration: 19:16

  • Australian bomb arrest

    ABC's crime reporter Sean Rubinstein Dunlop has the latest twist in the tale of an Australian schoolgirl, who had what was believed to be a bomb attached to her neck by an attacker last month.

    Duration: 22:57

  • Zimbabwe death

    Officials in Zimbabwe say one of the country's most powerful politicians, Solomon Mujuru, has died in a fire at his farmhouse. The 大象传媒's Africa Editor Martin Plaut offers explanations and details.

    Duration: 31:23

  • Europe's debt crisis

    The 大象传媒's Steve Evans has been talking to Germany's finance minister ahead of the meeting between leaders of the Eurozone's two largest economies, Germany and France, later today.

    Duration: 36:57

  • Has John Obi Mikel's father been snatched?

    Colin Udoh, editor of Kickoffnigeria.com, who broke the story when the father of Chelsea's John Obi Mikel went missing last week. He gives Newshour the latest on the case.

    Duration: 42:26

  • Coping with the death of a son in riots

    Tariq Jahan's 21-year-old son Haroon and two of his friends were killed by a car during riots in the city of Birmingham, England, last week. Mr Jahan told the 大象传媒's Rahila Bano how he was coping.

    Duration: 48:34

  • Wallis Simpson

    Anne Sebba has uncovered letters written by Wallis Simpson, whose affair led to the abdication of Britain's King Edward VIII. She discusses whether the letters reveal a different side to Mrs Simpson.

    Duration: 52:58

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  • Tue 16 Aug 2011 13:05GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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