As Chinese authorities look likely to announce a new package of consumer stimulation, Andy Xie, American educated Chinese economist, discusses with Peter Day this big turning point for a country which has been an export machine for the last 30 years.
As Barack Obama considers closing down the famous detention centre, former inmates are calling for a ban on the use of music as torture. Outlook talks to Ruhal Ahmed who spent time at Guantanamo bay.
This week, Digital Planet reports on the Freedom Fone, a project which uses mobile phones to transmit radio broadcasts of independent news reports in Zimbabwe, using VoIP technology.
India has been one of the world's best-performing economies in recent years. But the global financial crisis is starting to bite. Sanjoy Majumder investigates the Indian economy, the textile industry and the future for young people.
As the UN Security Council approves foreign military forces to pursue pirates on land in Somalia, Newshour looks at the situation in the country and what lies ahead.
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