The Fifth Floor Episodes Episode guide
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Spotlight on Zimbabwe
As Zimbabwe gears up for elections, why is it dangerous to have a crackly wind up radio?
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The Global Appeal of Bruce Lee
It's 40 years since the death of Bruce Lee. Why is the martial arts star still so popular?
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Stories From the Frontline: Lebanon
Is Lebanon on the brink of an intra-religious war?
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Is it a Coup or Revolution?
When is a coup really a coup? Stories from Egypt, Latin America and Pakistan
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A President in Town
What makes a presidential visit a success or disaster?
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Protests Around the World
From smiling in Belarus to standing still in Turkey - the art of protest around the world
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Reporting Turkey
Teargas and pianos in Taksim Square: Reporting from Istanbul
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Weapons and the media
The language of weaponry unpicked
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Inside the Taliban Psyche
Is there such thing as "Good Taliban, Bad Taliban"?
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Stories From the Frontline: Reyhanli
A letter from Reyhanli, the Turkish border town caught up in the Syrian conflict
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Pakistan at the Polls
Understanding Pakistan's elections from the perch of 成人快手 Urdu
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Reporting Yemen
Intimidation in Sanaa: 成人快手 Arabic's Yemen reporter on how he risked his life for the job
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Being Chechen
A Grozny-born journalist on her career in Moscow at the height of the Chechen war
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Reporting the Aftermath
From Boston to Baghdad, the challenges of reporting the aftermath of tragic events
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North Korean Sabre Rattling
Rhetoric and sabre rattling: looking at bellicose statements from regimes around the world
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The Persian voice of Jeremy Clarkson
What happened when Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson met the man who dubs him into Farsi
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Bangladesh - Growing Pains of a Nation
The legacy of independence in Bangladesh
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Wanted leaders: When the Chase is Up
What happens when famous fugitives hand themselves in?
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Two Years of the Syria Story
We talk to the journalists telling the story of the conflict
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Memories of Hugo Chavez
Meeting and reporting on the larger than life Venezuelan president.
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Reporting Kenya's elections
Hopes and fears for Kenyans as the elections approach.
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Drug ballads in Mexico
Narco corridos - the music of Mexico's drug cartels.
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Launching 成人快手 Urdu TV
Behind the scenes with 成人快手 Urdu's all-woman TV team
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Spotlight on Brazil
Reporting tragedy and celebration - a journalist reflects on a week of extremes in Brazil
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Egypt's d茅j脿 vu?
Curfews, battles in Tahrir and angry speeches from the president. What year is it again?
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Reporting the truth in Nigeria
Following more attacks in Nigeria, we ask how a reporter finds the truth behind the events
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Reporting Mali
As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for 成人快手 Africa?
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Sri Lanka: Stories from the frontline
Tamil and Sinhala perspectives on reporting Sri Lanka's civil war
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Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma
How to cover a tragedy with an unnamed victim: reporting on the Delhi gang-rape and murder
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29/12/2012
Looking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections