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Reality Check: Crimea "could get ugly"

Ukranian troops under pressure in Sevastopol, missing Malaysian plane, the NSA and Mystic, Veneuzela's protest movement, Nadeem Aslam

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Russian flags fly above a Ukranian military unit in Sevastopol

Pro-Russians take Ukranian naval base

Tom Barton reports from Crimea on the latest developments as pro-Russian soldiers are reported to have taken control of a Ukranian naval base in Sevastopol.

Missing Malaysian plane

Technology expert, Daniel Sokolov of heise.de, discusses theories of why the passengers on the missing plane did not make contact with relatives in the time after it changed course.

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Mystic records billions of telephone calls across a whole country

What is the NSA looking for?

In a new revelation from Ed Snowden, it seems the NSA has recorded all telephone conversations in one country. Espionage expert, Nigel West, explains why this is significant and what such intensive surveillance might yield.

Venezuela's political stalemate

South America analyst, Julia Buxton, looks at the stand-off between government and protesters in Venezuela.

creative commons

Nadeem Aslam

Nadeem Aslam

Pakistani novelist Nadeem Aslam talks to Chris Cummins about his new book, "The Blind Man's Garden" and how he draws inspiration for his work.

Nadeem is reading this evening at the Hauptbücherei in Vienna.

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