BBC World Service - Newshour

14/01/11 (1400 GMT)

Tunisian tensions grow; Brazil floods and is laughter really the best medicine?

Escalating unrest in Tunisia; Lebanese political unease; and a junk cathedral in Spain

Lebanese political crisis; Tunisians abroad speak out and the guide dog comes of age

Lebanese government collapses; Haiti - one year on; and we profile Arizona gunman's lawyer

Lebanon government under threat of collapse; Brisbane under water, and Haiti one year on

Australian floods; Tunisia violence, and have the Arizona shootings changed US politics?

High floods in Australia; British bank boss faces MPs; and a new planet is discovered

We hear from 61 year old Patricia Maisch, who helped to overpower the Arizona gunman

US mourns Arizona dead; UK-China trade; and silencing the fear of the dentist's drill.

Independence vote in southern Sudan; Arizona shooting, and elderly Japanese shop-lifters