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World Service,20 Jun 2003,13 mins

News on the World Service

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A look at the News on the World Service. BBC Commissioning editor, John Renner answers listeners question including: broadcasting live press conferences - why not edit them to the 'juicy bits', why Russian News is all about Moscow and why the lack of interviews with Chinese officials? Also - football transfer season and news of David Beckham, plus an accusation of incomprehensibility in the Vietnamese language service.

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