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The increasing influence of the Twittersphere

Reality Check: Twitter and the Boston bomber, myworld2015, Napolitano re-elected, Burma violence, roads were not built for cars.

Charlie Beckett looks at the role of social media in the manhunt for the surviving Boston bomber, and the changing influence sites such asTwitter and Reddit are having on the media landscape.

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Twitter was a key source of information as events unfolded on Friday

myworld2015

The survey that is looking for the successors to the Millennium Goals. Janos Tisovszky, Director of the United Nations Information Services in Vienna explains why it is important for everyone to put their views on the new goals.

Napolitano re-elected

87 year old Giorgio Napolitano has been re-elected as President of Italy, becoming the first president ever to secure a second seven year term. Jo McKenna reports from Rome.

Burma violence

Human Rights Watch releases a new report on widespread and increasing violence against the Muslim minority in Burma/Myanmar.

HRW

People are fleeing as whole villages are burnt to the ground

One of the report's authors, Matthew Smith, describes the situation and explains why he thinks the EU's decision to drop sanctions is premature.

"Roads weren't built for cars"

Carlton Reid explains why roads are not necessarily suitable for cars.

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