- Summary: 1 November 2011
The FBI has released images of a group of Russian spies who were expelled from the United States last year.
The group included Anna Chapman who is now a model and television presenter in Russia.
- Summary: 4 November 2011
Ten years ago UNESCO established a policy to protect shipwrecks over 100 years old.
The difficult question of how and if to protect more modern wrecks, particularly those in which people died, still exists.
- Summary: 28 October 2011
Sushil Kumar celebrating his win
- Summary: 14 October 2011
The genetic code of the germ that caused the Black Death has been reconstructed by scientists for the first time.
The Black Death, also known as the plague, killed millions of people in Europe in the 14th Century.
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Everyone likes to see children playing up, but do we also want them to play up? Find out more about this phrasal verb with Rob and Helen.
- Summary: 10 October 2011
Italy’s business capital, Milan, banned all traffic from its streets for 10 hours on Sunday in an attempt to reduce pollution. The city is particularly vulnerable to pollution.
- Summary: 7 October 2011
In China fans of Apple have been reacting to the death of the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs.
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Heavy rain, heavy drinking, heavy sigh. The word heavy has lots of different meanings. Find out some of them with Neil and Helen in this week’s programme.
- Summary: 3 October 2011
Denmark has become the first country in the world to introduce a tax on foods seen as being harmful to health. There will be an extra charge on items that contain more than 2.3% of a particular type of fat.
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What is the meaning of the word ‘anorak’? Is it a piece of clothing or a person? Find out more with William and Wang Fei.
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