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The Fifth Floor Episodes

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    Frontline Reporting in Syria and Iraq

    Life as a reporter embedded in the military in Syria and Iraq

  2. Libya: Living in a Lawless State

    Living and reporting in a lawless Libya where there is no central security infrastructure

  3. Tikrit: City of Palaces and Jihadis

    Birthplace of Saddam Hussein and Saladin, Tikrit is the new front in the battle with IS

  4. Unusual Tales from the Colombian Peace Talks

    Missing General and Miss Universes: Inside the Colombian Peace Talks

  5. Amitabh and Me: Meeting a Bollywood Star

    A super fan meets Bollywood film star Amitabh Bachchan

  6. How to Report from a War Zone

    Reporting from the Frontline: Kobane and Donetsk

  7. Inside the Egyptian Courts

    How justice works in Egypt

  8. The Search for Hidden Graves in Burundi

    Reporting from the Frontline: Burundi

  9. President to Prisoner: Reporting Mubarak

    Reporting in Hosni Mubarak's Egypt

  10. Preventing an Execution in Pakistan

    How a 大象传媒 journalist stopped an execution in Pakistan

  11. The Challenges for Cartoonists of the Middle East

    The Paris attacks remind cartoonists of the Middle East of the dangers they face at home

  12. Rhyme, Rhythm and Rumba

    2014 in song: favourite musical features from the World Service's 27 language sections

  13. Highlights from The Fifth Floor 2014

    Looking back at 2014: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections

  14. Stories from the Frontline: The Peshawar Attack

    Reporting from Peshawar: the aftermath of the Taliban school attack

  15. Reporting Truth and Reconciliation

    Can Brazil's inquiry bring justice nearly 30 years after the end of military rule?

  16. Trouble with the Rouble

    What the story of the rouble tells us about Russia

  17. Reporting Immigration: A Global Perspective

    Obama extends the rights of millions of illegal immigrants in the US

  18. Ukraine: A Year Since Maidan

    How has Ukraine changed one year on from the Maidan Square protests

  19. The Legacy of 1984

    Why sales of George Orwell's iconic novel of a totalitarian state are soaring in Egypt

  20. Stories from the Frontline: Burkina Faso

    Revolutions and counter-revolutions as told by 大象传媒 Afrique's Lamine Konkobo

  21. Ghost Stories from Pakistan, Mexico and Uzbekistan

    Exploring the oral traditions behind ghost stories from around the world

  22. After the Ceasefire: the Cost of Reporting Gaza

    How do you cope when your home is a conflict zone?

  23. Kashmir: After the Floods

    Surviving in Srinagar: coming to grips with life after last month's record floods

  24. The Battle for Kobane - the Kurdish Way of War

    Why Kurdish fighters sing and dance before they take up weapons against IS militants

  25. Minefields, Vineyards and Flak Jackets: Reporting from the Turkish Syria Border

    A letter from Urfa where refugees have been fleeing Syria and Islamic State militants

  26. "Boots on the Ground"

    The story behind the phrase

  27. All Eyes on Scotland

    What has Scotland's momentous vote meant around the world?

  28. ISIS, ISIL or IS: The Politics of a Name

    Why the media disagrees over what to call the militant jihadist group

  29. Who to vote for in Brazil: Mr Bean, Hamburger Face or Bin Laden?

    The politicians with odd nicknames contesting in Brazil's elections

  30. Living in a Lawless Libya

    Tanks in the driveway and AK-47s in the market - how residents are coping in Benghazi

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