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Radio 4,01 Aug 2012,45 mins

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President Assad's decisive battle in Syria, but what evidence for jihadi fighters with foreign support playing a decisive role in the conflict, and will rebels succeed in establishing a bridgehead in Aleppo? Slugging it out for superpower status at the Olympics, Paul Moss reports on China and the US battling out for supremacy at the top of the table; Ebola reaches Kampala,sowing fears of contagion, tonight with Robin Lustig.

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