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29/09/2013
Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
US government shutdown threat 29 Sep 13
US Congress seeks budget deal, Nigeria massacre, did comedy spark diplomatic breakthrough?
Kenyan MPs investigate attack
Kenyan MPs visit Westgate; 42 'MS genes' identified; student describes Boko Haram attack.
Syrian Foreign Minister Interview
Syria says rebels control 7 chemical weapons sites; US government hours from shutdown
US Federal Shutdown
Washington budget impasse. Who controls Syria's weapons sites? Can music keep you young?
Obama: "Republicans holding the country to ransom".
How long will the US shutdown last?; musical time-out; Ed Miliband slams "slur" on father.
02/10/2013
Berlusconi U-Turn 02 Oct 2013
Italian government survives confidence vote; Australia’s motorbike gangs
America's longest serving prisoners in isolation
Why Herman Wallace spent 41 years in solitary;Greenpeace: piracy charges disproportionate.
03/10/2013
Scores of migrants die as boat sinks off Italy
African migrants die off Italian coast; Afghan warlord runs for president; hornet attacks
04/10/2013
Death of a 'Military Genius'
Vietnam mourns military hero; Kenyan family's Westgate ordeal; secret salaries
Iran's Supreme Leader on US
Khamenei on trusting the US; Ireland votes on upper house; Nasa bans Chinese scientists.
Kenya names gunmen
Kenya names 4 gunmen; Former Iranian nuclear negotiator; Ireland votes to keep its Senate
US raids Libya and Somalia
US forces target Tripoli and Baraawe; Sochi Olympic flame; who won the Yom Kippur war?
Dozens Killed In Egypt
Muslim Brotherhood & security forces clash; How Rio de Janeiro got its cultural mojo back
07/10/2013
Afghan president says Nato has caused suffering
Talking to the Taliban; 100 years of moving assembly line; Palace football match
08/10/2013
Nobel for Higgs boson researchers
Nobel Prize for "God particle"; EDL leader quits; age certificate for pop videos?
09/10/2013
Pakistan Taliban talks
Pakistan Taliban 'open to talks'; Female nominee for US Fed; Nobel Prize for literature
Libya Prime Minister Future
Libyan PM seized and released, Alice Munroe wins Nobel Lit Prize, and England sports row.