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17/08/2012
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
2000 GMT 17th August 2012
Pussy Riot jailed; Nadine Gordimer dismayed by mine deaths; New UN envoy to Syria
18.08.12 (1200 GMT)
South African miners' anger; profile of new UN Syria envoy; English Premier League at 20.
Newshour 2000 GMT
Political row after S Africa shootings; Czech 'Breivik' arrested; Fallujah - The Opera.
19.08.2012 (1200 GMT)
China-Japan island row; plane crash kills Sudanese minister; woman wishes mum aborted her
19/08/2012 (2000 GMT)
Somalia prepares for new parliament; Sino-Japanese tensions; diagnosing the Elephant Man
20/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Latest from Lonmin mine; Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence; Tony Scott remembered.
20/08/2012 (2000GMT)
Syria UN envoy meets Hollande; US rape row; Augusta golf club admits first female members
21/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Meles Zenawi remembered; Church minister on Lonmin mine row; how to write a bad review
21/08/2012 (2000 GMT)
Legacy of Ethiopian PM; treating the Syrian wounded; Goths in Uzbekistan
22/08/2012(1300GMT)
Violence in Lebanon; almost 50 dead in Kenyan clashes; weighing London's zoo animals
2000 GMT 22 August 2012
Greece Euro talks; Zuma visits Lonmin mine; Naked Prince Harry photos online
1300 GMT 23 August 2012
Memorials for South African miners; Romney Catholic row; Gibbons and sopranos
23/08/2012 (2100GMT)
Lonmin mine inquiry announced; Ecuador's President on Assange row; the wonder of wood pulp
24/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Norwegian court finds Breivik to be sane, Lance Armstrong gives up drug battle.
24/08/2012 (2000GMT)
Victim's brother on Breivik; Armstrong decision raises questions; Galliano loses award
25/08/2012(1200GMT)
Haqqani commander "killed" in Pakistan; the Imposter; racing pigeons' Bermuda Triangle.
25/08/2012 (2000 GMT)
Buzz Aldrin on death of astronaut Neil Armstrong; an imposter's life; vanishing pigeons
26/08/2012
26/08/2012 (2000 GMT)
Is manned space exploration worthwhile? China鈥檚 emigrating rich; the women of Wall Street
27/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Afghan civilians killed; unrest at the Marikana mine; and pros and cons of circumcision.
27/08/2012 (2000 GMT)
Water shortages threaten food security; China's car number plate lottery; Togo sex strike
28/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Israeli court rules Corrie death accidental; Mombasa riots; plans for a Titanic replica
28/08/2012 (2000 GMT)
Romney woos women voters; Belgian child killer's wife released; mime... on the radio
29/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Assad rejects buffer zone proposal; Senegal to scrap Senate? China's problem with Romney
Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony
James Coomarasamy presents a special programme from the Paralympic Games opening ceremony.
29/08/2012
30/08/2012 (1300 GMT)
Morsi condemns Syria during Iran visit; refugees risk death to reach Australia; bionic eye
30/08/2012 (2000GMT)
NAM on Syria conflict; London Met University crisis; will America welcome Romney's speech?