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Pleas from a bombarded Syria; the resurrected Zulu singer; South Asia food fight.

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  • Syria troops step up Homs bombing

    A resident tells us the assault is directly related to China and Russia's veto of a UN resolution and Fawaz Gerges of the London School of Economics tells us about the situation across Syria.

    Duration: 10:17

  • South African singer back from the dead?

    We hear from the 大象传媒's Nomsa Maseko on the mysterious case of the man claiming to be the Zulu folk singer Khulekani Khumalo, who died in 2009

    Duration: 13:00

  • US atheist teen threatened over religious protest

    Matt Wells reports on the teenager who went to court over a prayer banner being displayed in her school, won her case, but at a cost

    Duration: 19:21

  • Contador given two-year drug ban

    Spanish cyclist Alberto Contador loses his 2010 Tour de France title. We hear from Jeremy Whittle, who's a cycling correspondent at The Times newspaper and author of "Bad Blood"

    Duration: 23:00

  • Is the internet encouraging Islamic extremism in Britain?

    The Labour MP Alun Michael and Dr Osama Hassan, an imam and the former head of various university Islamic societies in Britain discuss what can done to prevent such cases

    Duration: 33:14

  • Queen commemorates 60-year reign

    The 大象传媒's Will Ross returns to the place where Queen Elizabeth first heard she'd become Queen.

    Duration: 38:13

  • Sparks fly as India and Pakistan compete in cookery contest

    We hear from Aly Khan, one of the hosts of the televised cooking programme Foodistan, where top chefs from India and Pakistan are battling it out

    Duration: 43:00

  • Greece's homeless numbers growing

    Our Athen's Correspondent Mark Lowen reports on how the Greek debt crisis is creating a new class of homeless

    Duration: 48:22

  • Online dating on the rise

    We hear from Rhodri Marsden, the author of the book Crap Dates, how online dating is becoming the most popular way of meeting a partner

    Duration: 53:00

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  • Mon 6 Feb 2012 14:05GMT
    大象传媒 World Service Online

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