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Can "very close" become "completed"?

Reality Check: Iran talks resume, protecting whistleblowers, EU-Ukraine, logistics of a crisis, Jostein Gaarder

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Female students protest at an Iranian nuclear facility demanding their nuclear rights

As a new round of talks begins in Geneva, US President Obama is appealing to the senate not to propose further sanctions and to give the talks a chance. Meanwhile Iran seems determined not to back down on what it calls it nuclear rights.

Regional analyst, Shashank Joshi, discusses the chances of an agreement coming out of the talks, after the last round were described as coming "very close" to a solution.

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Ambassador Nadjib Riphat Kesoema has been recalled to Jakarta

Indonesia-Australia spying row intensifies

Tensions are increasing between Indonesia and Australia over spying allegations based on document leaked by Edward Snowden. Icelandic politician, Birgitte Jonsdottir, explains why Iceland why she believes her county should offer a safe haven for whistleblowers.

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Julia Tymoschnko's daughter, Eugenia, reads her mother's requst for the Association Agreement to be signed

Ukraine and the EU

Amanda Paul of the European Policy Centre explains the delicate balancing act facing Ukraine as the former Soviet state moves towards EU membership. Negotiations are underway with a few to an Association Agreement being signed next ween in Vilnius - but there are still obstacles to be overcome,

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Distributing aid is a major logistical problem

The logistics of aid

Project coordinator Marcus Bachmann of Ärzte ohne Grenzen described the difficulties aid agencies face when they are confronted with emergencies such as that in the Philippines.

Jostein Gaarder

Jostein Gaarder is one of Norway's most successful writers

Jostein Gaarder

The famous author, philosopher and activist talks about his life and work, and the inspiraton for his most famous book, Sophie's World ahead of his readings in Vienna and Salzburg.

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