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Reality Check: A race against time in Turkey

Hundreds missing in Turkey's mining disaster; EU / Ukraine 1 billion Euro aid deal; Syria envoy quits; Lord's Resistance Army and Boko Haram; Gender violence in conflict

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People mourn for their relatives after a mine explosion near Soma, Manisa province, Turkey

Turkey mining disaster

Over 200 dead, dozens injured and several hundred still missing underground: Turkey's mining disaster could mutate from a terrible human tragedy into another major political scandal.

EU: 1 billion Euro for Ukraine

Many have prophesied the total collapse of Ukraine; financially as well as territorially. While Sunday’s controversial referendum on independence for two eastern provinces may have speeded up the territorial collapse of the country, financially things are looking a little better for the battered country. There was some good news in Brussels for a large delegation of the Ukrainian interim government.

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Lakhdar Brahimi, United Nations and Arab League Special Envoy to Syria resigns

Syria: Brahimi quits

The intractable Syrian crisis has claimed another victim. This time it’s the United Nations and Arab League Special Representative Lakhdar Brahimi who has thrown in the towel after two frustrating years trying to resolve the conflict. He’s the second high profile mediator to resign - former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan only lasted 6 months in the job and, like him, Brahimi is deeply disappointed in the efforts of the UN Security Council.

Kony 2012 / Boko Haram

Despite a major internet campaign two years ago Joseph Kony, leader of the brutal Lord’s Resistance Army in central Africa, remains on the loose. Authorities say his group has been almost wiped out and are optimistic that Kony will soon be captured. But while one militant group is on the defensive another, Boko Haram, may be on the rise.

Gender Violence in conflict

From Japan during WWII to the Lord’s Resistance Army in central Africa and Boko Haram in Nigeria, gender violence – rape – has long been used as a weapon of war. We speak to Rosy Cave, a British expert at the heart of international efforts to prevent sexual violence in conflict.