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Friday's Reality Check

Ukraine's diverse opposition, Syria talks end, Great Barrier Reef, the risks in Dubai, the US death penalty

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Protesters are being trained to resist riot police

The different faces of Ukraine's opposition

While the "official" opposition seems to be making progress in Ukraine, after the government stepped down and an anti-protest law was scrapped, the opposition on the streets is as violent as ever. David Stern reports from Kiev on the latest developments.

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Special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, has been unable to achieve a breakthrough

Syria talks end

As the much anticipated Geneva 2 talks on the future of Syria draw to a close, Shashank Joshi discusses what has, and has not, been achieved.

The talks resume in February, but the chances of any major breakthrough look bleak.

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The corals of Great Barrier Reef can be killed by the sediment

Great Barrier Reef under threat

Australian authorities have a approved a plan to dump dredged sediment in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, posing a threat to corals. The plan is part of a project to create a major coal port. Felicity Wishart from the Australian Marine Conservation Society tells Gennie Johnson about her concerns.

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Dubai is a modern and growing destination, but culturally far removed from the west

Austrian rape victim returns from Dubai

An Austrian woman in Dubai who was raped, then threatened with a jail sentence for extra-marital sex, has returned home after intervention from the foreign ministry. Tom Hall of Lonely Planet explains the risks of travelling in the UAE?

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Lethal injections are no longer practical in some states

US death penalty

As some US states find themselves unable to obtain the drugs for lethal injections to execute prisoners on death row, Richard Dieter of the Death Penalty Information Center explains how the debate on the death penalty is progressing.

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