26/12/2011 (1400 GMT)
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Syria toll rises as observers due
Arab League observers arrive in Syria. A spokesman for the Syrian Foreign Ministry says no area is off limits but an activist in the besieged city of Homs says they fell abandoned.
Duration: 10:30
Eagle hunting revival in Kazakhstan
The 大象传媒's Rayhan Demytrie reports from Almaty on the ancient nomadic tradition of eagle hunting which has become a national sport.
Duration: 13:00
Revisiting Japan's tsunami
Roland Buerk visits the nursery school in Japan still counting the costs of this year's earthquake, and the resulting nuclear crisis.
Duration: 18:29
Mexican authorities closing in on "El Chapo"
We hear from Malcolm Beith, the author of The last Narco - Inside the Hunt for El Chapo.
Duration: 23:00
What happened to the African spring?
Nigerian journalist, Donu Kogbara, Professor Adam Habib, of Johannesburg University, and the Kenyan political scientist Nanjala Nyabola discuss.
Duration: 37:10
California passes 'Dream Act' law
California has just passed a version of the dream act, which will give thousands of undocumented students the chance of an education. Alastair Leithead reports.
Duration: 43:05
Fatal bomb blast at Iraq ministry
At least seven people are killed in a suicide car bomb attack outside Iraq's interior ministry in Baghdad. The 大象传媒's Raafid Jaboori reports from Baghdad.
Duration: 46:27
Help arrives for stranded Russian fishing vessel
We hear from Geoff Lunt from the New Zealand Rescue Coordination Center on the on-going operation.
Duration: 53:00
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