Thousands of you from every continent have contacted us with your thoughts about everything from the American election and the humanitarian crisis in Sudan, to space exploration and the D-Day landings.

If you missed any of those programmes, or if you'd just like to be reminded of them, watch or listen to our review of 2004.

Watch or listen to all the best moments from this year's Talking Point.

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Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame, joined us in London.

It has been ten years since the genocide wiped out 800,000 people in the country, and you asked him what the future holds.

There are 17million refugees around the world, according to the United Nations.

Actress and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Angelina Jolie joined Talking Point to discuss their plight on World Refugee Day.

Perhaps the years biggest refugee crisis took place in Sudan, where two million people have been left homeless.

We discussed the political and humanitarian efforts to end the crisis with the former governor of Darfur, Ahmed Diraige.

Foreign Secretary Jack Straw was a guest on Talking Point in May.

Many of you wanted to ask him about the recent revelations of abuse in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison.

Abuse of Iraqi prisoners also dominated this Talking Point, with the deputy director of coalition operations in Iraq, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt.

The conversation also touched on the handover of power to an interim government and the worsening security situation.

Former negotiator and hostage, Terry Waite, took part in an emotional edition of Talking Point, which went out as British Engineer Ken Bigley was being held captive in Iraq.

Amongst our callers was Gary Teeley from Qatar who had recently experienced being taken hostage in Iraq.

2004 marked the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Operation Overlord constituted the largest combined sea, land and air operation in history with 150, 000 allied troops landing on the beaches of Normandy to begin the long-awaited liberation of Europe.

We spoke to several veterans of the landings in this special edition of Talking Point.

British astronaut Michael Foale has been to space six times and he holds the United States record for the most time spent in space -- 374 days.

Thousands of you emailed and called to ask him about his unique experiences.

The race for the White House dominated the news in October.

On November 7, four days after Bush had won the election, we heard the reaction from American voters and the rest of the world.

Colombia's President, Alvaro Uribe, answered your questions in a special edition of Talking Point.

You asked him about his crackdown on guerrillas, and plans to change the constitution so that he can serve a second term as President.

In April, South African President Thabo Mbeki was sworn in for a second term in office as the country marked 10 years of multi-racial democracy.

You called in to discuss South Africa's future with the South African High Commissioner to the UK, Lindiwe Mabuza, and former South African President FW de Klerk.

For our final programme of 2004, you took the opportunity to speak with Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai.

She won the peace prize for her contribution to sustainable development and democracy. It is the first time the award has been given to African woman.