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02/12/2011 (1400 GMT)

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  • Merkel pushes euro fiscal union

    The German Chancellor warns it could be years to fix the crisis facing the Euro, but it can be done with new political treaties. Philip Stevens of the Financial Times explains the Merkel-Sarkozy plan.

    Duration: 06:12

  • What is the long term future of the Euro?

    We hear from Hugo Dixon, editor of Reuters Breakingviews and Mary Kaldor, Professor of Global Governance at the London School of Economics.

    Duration: 13:00

  • From Bollywood to Hollywood

    For many Indian actors, making the move from Bollywood to Hollywood has been fraught with difficulty as Tom Brook reports.

    Duration: 18:55

  • Effin Facebook ban

    Ann Marie Kennedy tells us why she's angry with Facebook, which won't allow the name of her village in the Irish country of Limerick in her profile.

    Duration: 23:00

  • Jailed Afghan rape victim freed but 'to marry attacker'

    We hear from the lawyer of the Afghan woman who was raped and was then jailed for adultery. She has now been pardoned by the President, but is the price of her release marriage to her attacker?

    Duration: 35:46

  • Cancer scanner

    Mike Shere, a breast specialist at Southmead hospital explains how the new test for breast cancer that uses the technology for detecting mines, works.

    Duration: 39:52

  • US unemployment figures released

    The latest unemployment figures in the US show that the number of Americans out of work is now at its lowest for two and a half years. The 大象传媒's Caroline Hepker reports.

    Duration: 43:00

  • Suu Kyi hopeful on Burma progress

    Aung San Suu Kyi says she is hopeful that Burma can get on to "the road to democracy", after talks with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The 大象传媒's Kim Ghattas asked Ms.Clinton if she agreed.

    Duration: 49:06

  • The British Newspaper Archive

    Our media correspondent Torin Douglas has been to see some of the historic papers being transferred from print to computer.

    Duration: 53:00

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  • Fri 2 Dec 2011 14:05GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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