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| This week on BBC World News... | Week commencing 26th July 2008 |
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| News | | | | This week the BBC's Jim Muir presents a series of postcards from Iraq showing what life is like for ordinary people - including a vet from Baghdad zoo and a group of orphans who have been introduced to the joys of diving. Also this week, BBC World News will be in Washington for Pakistan's new Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gillani's (pictured) visit, as current and possible future leaders line up to talk tactics on the war on terror. Plus, as NASA marks its fiftieth birthday, the channel investigates if the commercial exploitation of space is overtaking that of governments. | |  | | | Reports throughout the week. | |
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| BBC World News America | | | | It is estimated that by 2040, 48 million people will have Alzheimers Disease - one in 85 people around the world. As researchers prepare to gather for the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease in Chicago, BBC World News America presents Alzheimer's: A Global Health Emergency, a special season on the condition that affects 14 million people around the world. Over four fascinating films, the programme speaks to scientists, carers and those with the disease, and asks whether governments are doing enough to fund research and provide care for sufferers and their families. (Duration: 60 minutes) | |  | | | Episode 1: Tuesday 29th July at 0430; Episode Two: Wednesday 30th July at 0430; Episode 3: Thursday 31st July at 0430 & Episode Four: Friday 1st August at 0430 | |
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| Our World: Pakistan's Taleban: The Inside Story | | | | From the shelter of Pakistan's remote tribal areas, fighters strike against international forces in Afghanistan and attack the government in Pakistan's cities. They are Pakistan's Taleban. The question of how to deal with them has left relations between Pakistan and the US at their most strained for years. But who are they and what do they want? The BBC's Barbara Plett (pictured) has gained rare access to their leader and his supporters. (Duration: 30 minutes) | |  | | | Thursday 31st July at 0100 Repeated: Thursday 31st July at 1800AP; Friday 1st August at 2100; Saturday 2nd August at 0700#; Saturday 2nd August at 1600; Sunday 3rd August at 1900^; Monday 4th August at 0200 & Monday 4th August at 0800# | |
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| Rania: The YouTube Queen | | | | Over the past nine years, Queen Rania of Jordan (pictured) has become a big player on the international humanitarian scene, and a strong advocate for better relations between the western and Muslim worlds. In this programme, BBC World News has exclusive access to her as she launches her own channel on YouTube. Aiming to challenge stereotypes about the Middle East and Islam, Queen Rania talks frankly about terrorism, honour killings and the rights of Arab women. (Duration: 50 minutes) | |  | | | Saturday 26th July at 1240 Repeated: Saturday 26th July at 2040; Sunday 27th July at 0040; Sunday 27th July at 0540; Sunday 27th July at 1240; Sunday 27th July at 2040 & Monday 28th July at 0040 | |
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| Newsnight | | | | Barack Obama has begun a major foreign tour with visits to Afghanistan, Iraq and Europe. The trip is about proving his critics wrong when they claim he is too inexperienced in foreign affairs; Newsnight assesses his week abroad. Also this week, the programme meets Carly Fiorina, John McCain's economic advisor to ask about his strategy. Plus Newsnight's Mark Urban discusses the significance of Radovan Karadzic's (pictured) arrest and how it might help heal the wounds of the bloodiest European conflict since World War II. (Duration: 50 minutes) | |  | | | Saturday 26th July at 1440 Repeated: Sunday 27th July at 0240 & Sunday 27th July at 1740 | |
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