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Thursday 3 March 2011

Verity Murphy|15:16 UK time, Thursday, 3 March 2011

Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has been given government approval for its controversial bid to take over BSkyB. The green light follows News Corp's offer to spin off Sky News as an independent company.

Rival media groups dismissed News Corp's offer as a "whitewash" and said they would "vigorously contest" it.

We will be examining the decision and speaking to the man who made it, Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt.

Lyse Doucet will bring us the latest on what is happening in Libya.

Tim Whewell has a film on Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood - who they are and what they stand for.

And we ask whether, despite all of the fanfare accompanying Saturday's World Book Night plan to give away one million books, there are any problems with a great book giveaway.

Join Kirsty Wark for all of that at 10.30pm on BBC Two.

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