BBC World Service - Newshour

31/07/2011 (1200 GMT)

US diplomat's scathing remarks on Syria; Ramadan and Arab Spring and extreme yodelling.

Urgent talks to settle US debt crisis; El Bulli closes; Delhi slut walk

Turkey's military resignations; "slutwalk" in India and a drumming good workout

Libyan rebel leader buried; Chinese alarm over US debt; social media constitution

Poland plane crash report; who killed General Younes?and body slapping therapy in Japan.

Pakistan accused of abuses of activists in Balochistan; and the 100-year-old beauty queen.

Anger at Chinese rail crash; and should immigrants speak the language of the new country?

Libyan rebels' new representative to UK; 2012 Olympics countdown; women in men-only clubs

Countdown to 2012 Olympics; mayor of Kandahar killed; maths of the metropolis

Father's tribute to Utoya victim; Malema facing bribery allegations; Amy Winehouse funeral