BBC World Service - Newshour

08/01/2013 (2100 GMT)

Giffords launches gun control campaign; Newshour in Venezuela; nastiest book reviews

Australian bush fires; Syrian firing squad survivor; first David Bowie album for 10 years

Obama picks Hagel for defence; Chinese protests; can government ads affect your behaviour?

Delhi accused in court; China censorship protests; football racism walk-out

Assad: opposition puppets of West; rape victim named by father; chatting to 70s legends

Syria's Assad proposes reconciliation, quitting gangs and Quentin Tarantino on new film

Chavez ally elected by assembly; Depardieu meets Putin; Sounding old? Get a voice lift.

Tasmanian fires rage, Venezuela says Chavez can continue and Bobby Womack on Alzheimer's

Chavez seriously ill; Indians reflect on rape; why we change more than we think

Malala released from hospital; Kenya's fake policeman; banned sex manual to be auctioned.