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29/12/2011 (1400 GMT)

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  • Syria activist

    Newshour hears from a medical student in Homs, where Arab League observers arrived yesterday.

    Duration: 05:00

  • Arab League observers

    The observers in Syria are visiting three more cities today. The 大象传媒's Jim Muir has been following their progress from Lebanon.

    Duration: 08:12

  • American drones

    Private companies in the US are developing more sophisticated drones. As Alastair Leithead reports, they could soon be used at home as well as abroad.

    Duration: 12:59

  • Italian debt

    Italy has borrowed about $9bn on the international bond markets, at just under the danger threshold of 7%. The 大象传媒's Andrew Walker explains what this tells us about confidence in Italy's economy.

    Duration: 18:20

  • 大象传媒's women of the year

    Catherine Mayer of Time magazine discusses the controversy following the 大象传媒's decision to include a panda in its female "Faces of the Year 2011" list.

    Duration: 22:58

  • Straits of Hormuz

    Iran is threatening to close the Straits of Hormuz to shipping because of the West's threat to impose sanctions on its oil exports.

    Duration: 27:32

  • Is Iran's threat credible?

    Does Iran really mean it when it says it wants to close the Straits? Newshour speaks to Seyed Mohammad Marandi, of the University of Tehran.

    Duration: 30:38

  • Pop goes the Bible

    Hundreds and hundreds of songs have been inspired by the Bible. DJ Paul Gambaccini has made a documentary called "Pop goes the Bible", in which he sets out to find the best of the bunch.

    Duration: 42:13

  • Time-travelling Samoans

    Samoa will be jumping from eastern to western time tomorrow and so will miss out Friday December 30th altogether. Samoan journalist Rico Tupai explains some of the benefits of the time change.

    Duration: 48:38

  • Aung San Suu Kyi film

    This week a feature film called "The Lady" is released, which dramatises the life of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Vincent Dowd has been to meet the film's star and its writer.

    Duration: 52:58

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    大象传媒 World Service Online

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