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Radio 4,12 Mar 2012,45 mins

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Diplomats at the UN Security Council issue strong condemnations of the violence in Syria. But is there any real chance of a political solution? Anger erupts in Afghanistan after a US soldier kills 16 civilians in a night rampage - has the western strategy failed? And how Chinese could be overtaking English as the lingua franca in business.

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