BBC World Service - Newshour

28 Dec 11 Kim Jong Il funeral / Syria / Black smokers

Chef Heston Blumenthal cooking hospital food, Qatar's influence, Nigeria religious tension

Protests over Jewish extremism; Syrians plead to Arab League; North Korea's media machine.

Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia / Money culture / Protests against segregation

Fears of massacre in Syria; Israel's growing gender segregation; shopping bags at dawn.

Arab League in Syria; Baghdad bomb attack; and why there hasn't been an "African Spring"?

Eyewitnesses to the attacks in Nigeria; a rally in Karachi; spending Xmas with Twitter

Church's attacked in Nigeria as worshipers gather for Christmas mass;

Thousands rally against Russia elections; Libyan independence day; Bethlehem shepherds

Who's behind the bombings in Syria? Wife of China's dissident; Angelina Jolie's new film

Damascus suicide bombings; breast implant fears; the ethics of separating conjoined twins.