BBC World Service - Newshour

02/07/2011 (1300 GMT)

Talk to end crisis in Bahrain, Assad removes Hama governor and boxing fight of the year.

Strauss-Kahn released from house arrest; Syrian protests; and Bolivia defends coca leaves

Could case against former IMF chief collapse? Chinese Communists at 90; NBA lockout

A French hostage freed by Taliban tells of ransom; UK strikes; and terrapins on the runway

Huge public sector strike in Britain; French hostages freed; mother-in-law etiquette

Greece strikes intensify over spending cuts; mass protests in Minsk; Arab Spring hip hop

Greece passes austerity plan; protests in Tahrir Square; and is New York boring?

Attack on Kabul hotel; new IMF chief appointed, and space debris.

UN says 10 million are affected by drought in the Horn of Africa; Thatcher's handbag sold

Afghan central banker flees, drugs epidemic in the USA, and where is Hugo Chavez?