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• Animals on Trial 15 Mar 11

  Tue, 15 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Throughout history donkeys, pigs, dogs, rats, even insects have been put on trial and some convicted and sentenced. Frances Fyfield, looks at these extraordinary cases of animals in court.

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• Family Matters - Part One

  Mon, 14 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  Why is the nuclear family model so successful across the developing world? Lucy Williamson reports from Nepal - currently experiencing one of the fastest-ever shifts from extended families to nuclear ones. Who are the winners and losers in that process?

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• The Changing Worlds Of Formula One

  Fri, 11 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  From Italy to India, David Goldblatt examines the ever changing face of Formula One. Can Europe financially support the sport and does it matter that a country like India has been chosen to host the event?

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• Assignment - Oil City Takoradi

  Thu, 10 Mar 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  What happens when you take a run down African city and introduce a brand new oil industry worth billions of dollars? For Assignment Rob Walker reports from port city of Takoradi on the impact oil is having.

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• What Can I Say? Singapore

  Wed, 9 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  The government behind the economic powerhouse that is Singapore guards its reputation for stability to the point of authoritarianism and censorship. What happens when journalists challenge the status quo?

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• The Silent War: 7 Mar 2011

  Mon, 7 Mar 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  Why has India's north-east insurgency lasted so long, and is there any hope of a peaceful resolution? The BBC's Rupa Jha investigates and asks if special powers granted to the military are prolonging the problems.

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• The Changing Worlds Of Formula One

  Fri, 4 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  From Italy to India, David Goldblatt examines the ever changing face of Formula One. Can Europe financially support the sport and does it matter that a country like India has been chosen to host the event?

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• Assignment - Imam of Peace

  Thu, 3 Mar 11

  Duration:
  23 mins

  John Mohammed Butt travelled to Kabul in the 1960s. Rather than finding drugs and hedonism, he discovered a tribal culture that transfixed him. Now a trained Imam and Muslim, he has dedicated his life to spreading peace in South Asia. But as reporter Nadene Ghouri discovers in this week's Assignment, that message has made him a target for militants.

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• What Can I Say? Thailand

  Wed, 2 Mar 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  In Thailand, what part have - illegal - community radio stations had to play in the demonstrations by activists - redshirt or yellowshirt - that occupy opposite ends of the political spectrum?

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• Revolutions in Iran: 28 Feb 2011

  Mon, 28 Feb 11

  Duration:
  24 mins

  How does the spread of ideas impact individual lives, shape millions of minds, fuel revolutions and alter world opinion? The BBC's Afshin Dehkordi is on a quest to find out in the context of both Iran's recent media revolution and the overthrow of the Shah in 1979.

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