13/05/2011 (1300 GMT)
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Pakistan Bombing
Retired General Talat Masood tells Newshour that as Pakistan struggles to recover from the embarrassment of the Osama Bin Laden operation, there are genuine opportunities for change.
Duration: 13:00
Arizona tax
Faced with a huge budget deficit, will Americans drop their aversion to higher taxes to assist the public sector? James Coomarasamy reports from Arizona.
Duration: 18:13
Facebook vs Google
Facebook, the social networking site stands accused of launching a smear campaign against the search engine Google. Is this dirty tricks or healthy competition?
Duration: 23:00
Zimbabwe's Chinese farmers
Zimbabwe's plans to hand over valuable land seized from white farmers to the Chinese. Is this controversial plan a done deal?
Duration: 32:17
UK wine
In an age of austerity, how does the the British government plan to keep its multi-million dollar wine cellar?
Duration: 40:33
Al Qaeda intelligence
The BBC's security correspondent Gordon Corera reports on the extent of Osama bin Laden's control over Al Qaeda.
Duration: 43:00
Syria
Newshour's Gabriel Gatehouse speaks to one man who tells him of the intimidation and fear the people of Syria are suffering at the hands of the security forces.
Duration: 47:24
Gaza Salafists
Our Gaza correspondent Jon Donnison reports on the violent conservative Islamist group, the Salafists who are posing a major challenge to the Hamas authority.
Duration: 53:00
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