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Boots OFF the ground in US military

Reality Check: US military cutbacks, WKR ball, Austrian sparpaket, Darfur refugees, children in detention

The Pentagon has announced a cut of 100.000 troops as a part of the nearly $500 billion saving package.

International defence and security consultant, Charles Heyman, discusses the significance of the planned reduction.

Wiener Korporations-Ring (WKR) Ball

The far right student fraternities' annual ball is being held tonight amid protests that have particular momentum because the ball is being held on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Gennie Johnson asked Gerhard Botz, Professor Emeritus of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna, about his concerns about the ball

Politics and the "Sparpaket"

Why Austrian politics is floundering around the Sparpaket. Executive coach and publisher of the book "Political Leadership" Regina Jankowitsch tells Joanna Bostock what is going wrong.

Children in detention

Ahead of tomorrow's Reality Check Special on young people and the law, the United Nations Special Representative on Violence against Children in Detention, Martha Santos Pias, discusses the conditions young people face in prison.

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Darfur's forgotten refugees

Although it is no longer in the headlines, the plight of refugees who fled to Chad to escape from the violence in Darfur is still desperate. The British diplomat, Mukesh Kapila, who was one of the first people to bring the crisis in Darfur to the world's attention in 2004, says the region is being forgotten as Sudan is rewarded for allowing South Sudan to achieve independence.

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