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This week BBC World will be marking five years since the US-led invasion of Iraq. Correspondents Adam Brookes and Caroline Wyatt will lead our coverage from Iraq, with live reports and interviews plus the personal accounts of five Iraqis. Also this week, the channel will be live in Islamabad for the first meeting of the new Pakistani parliament. |
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Reports throughout the week. |
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The World Debate: West Under Challenge |
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Is the West today under challenge? If so, why and how? With China and India providing a formidable economic challenge, and Western values criticised by such nations as Iran, how much is the view of a Western dominated world still valid? BBC World's Nik Gowing is joined by a distinguished international panel in Brussels to assess these issues.
(Duration: 50 minutes)
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Saturday 15th March at 1010
Repeated: Saturday 15th March at 1610; Saturday 15th March at 2210; Sunday 16th March at 0210;
Sunday 16th March at 1010 & Sunday 16th March at 2210 |
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Our World: Workers Of The World |
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Our World features some of the BBC's finest news items on current issues around the world. As part of BBC World's Inside China season, reporter Paul Mason investigates a section of Chinese society the West knows little about. With rising prices, growing skill shortages and a less than impressive health and safety record, can the Communist state keep the workers happy?
(Duration: 30 minutes)
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Wednesday 19th March at 2230
Repeated: Thursday 20th March at 0630AP; Thursday 20th March at 1430AP; Friday 21st March at 1730;
Saturday 22nd March at 0330; Saturday 22nd March at 1230; Saturday 22nd March at 2130;
Sunday 23rd March at 1530 & Monday 24th March at 1030 |
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Changing China: Return to Hunan Province |
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Continuing the Inside China season, the BBC's Juliana Liu travels to the Chinese province of Hunan. Twenty years after her family emigrated from the area, Juliana returns to see what has changed for the lives of those who remained. From the man who owned the first private jet in China and Chairman Mao's relatives who now run a restaurant chain; to farmers and coal miners, Changing China: Return To Hunan Province looks at what the economic revolution actually means.
(Duration: 30 minutes)
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Saturday 15th March at 2130
Repeated: Sunday 16th March at 0930^; Sunday 16th March at 1530 & Monday 17th March at 0130# |
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Newsnight |
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Five years after the Iraq war Newsnight hears from key players about the crucial decisions taken in the hours before the invasion. Reporter Mark Urban looks at life for Palestinians in Gaza and the Israelis who live just over the border. Also, taking on the taboo of mental health, how the Prime Minister of Norway admitted to depression and was rewarded by the electorate.
(Duration: 50 minutes)
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Saturday 15th March at 1110
Repeated: Saturday 15th March at 1710 & Saturday 15th March at 2310 |
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# not South Asia AP Asia Pacific Only ^ not Europe
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