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As Palestinians campaign for statehood, an Israeli settler in the WestBank city of Hebron considers a city shared by Muslims and Jews
As a tumultuous week draws to a close, our correspondents discuss the decline and possible fall of Rupert Murdoch's media empire
Rupert Murdoch fends off criticism over his leadership, America grapples with its debt ceiling and Peru inaugurates a new president
Patent wars at HTC and Apple, Intel's second quarter results and the online music business gets a new DJ
Policymakers in the euro-zone look for a way out of the crisis, while politicians in America manufacture one of their own
Jonathan Ledgard, our East Africa correspondent, discusses his novel about isolation and love amidst the chaos of war-ravaged Somalia
Britain's phone-hacking scandal continues, the results of Europe's bank stress-tests are released and Hillary Clinton visits India
New Zealanders are friendly, but don't try to sneak food across the borders. Between meetings, we recommend exploring beyond the city
In this week's programme: the rapid rise of Google+, potential job losses at Cisco and the imminent launch of Apple's OSX Lion
Italy enters the European debt crisis, and politicians and central bankers begin a long summer of painful negotiations
In this week's programme - Asian consumers and their spending habits, Carrefour's troubles and the crisis on Britain's high streets
Our correspondents discuss the closure of Britain's best-selling newspaper and the latest developments in the phone-hacking scandal
South Sudan faces the trials of nation building. An expert on Sudan explains the expectations and challenges ahead
Social-networking tools push mass media towards more participation and opinion. But is this change or a return to media's social past?
South Sudan celebrates independence, the Syrian regime opens talks with its opponents and the space shuttle launches for the final time
Microsoft strikes a deal with China's largest search engine, Sheryl Sandberg is Facebook's rising star and Zynga plans for an IPO
Venezuela's powerful leader has admitted to suffering from cancer. What will this mean for the country's presidential election in 2012?
In this week's programme - the latest on the European debt crisis, the ECB's upcoming policy meeting and the banks' Q2 results
Separating the wheat from a mountain of chaff, our literary and management editors discuss some of the best business books ever written
Thailand holds a general election, Moroccans go to the polls and Hugo Chavez's health attracts mounting speculation
The Federal Trade Commission investigates Google, Microsoft introduces new cloud-based applications and Foursquare is valued at $600m