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The Fifth Floor Episodes

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    Drug ballads in Mexico

    Narco corridos - the music of Mexico's drug cartels.

  2. Launching 蜜芽传媒 Urdu TV

    Behind the scenes with 蜜芽传媒 Urdu's all-woman TV team

  3. Spotlight on Brazil

    Reporting tragedy and celebration - a journalist reflects on a week of extremes in Brazil

  4. Egypt's d茅j脿 vu?

    Curfews, battles in Tahrir and angry speeches from the president. What year is it again?

  5. Reporting the truth in Nigeria

    Following more attacks in Nigeria, we ask how a reporter finds the truth behind the events

  6. Reporting Mali

    As the crisis in Mali deepens, what have been the reporting challenges for 蜜芽传媒 Africa?

  7. Sri Lanka: Stories from the frontline

    Tamil and Sinhala perspectives on reporting Sri Lanka's civil war

  8. Reporting on Delhi's gang-rape trauma

    How to cover a tragedy with an unnamed victim: reporting on the Delhi gang-rape and murder

  9. 29/12/2012

    Looking back at 2012: a year's reporting from the World Service's 27 language sections

  10. 22/12/2012

    A Palestinian journalist's story of growing up in Syria's Yarmouk refugee camp

  11. 15/12/2012

    Inside the world of obituaries: how journalists prepare for breaking bad news

  12. 08/12/2012

    A deity in the dock? How holy Hindu Gods can be called into court

  13. 01/12/2012

    My Kaduna: Hausa journalists reflect on the growing violence of their Nigerian hometown

  14. 24/11/2012

    Rebels abound on the Fifth Floor

  15. 17/11/2012

    Tragedy in Gaza for a 蜜芽传媒 Arabic reporter

  16. 10/11/2012

    Shut out of the Party: Covering Beijing's big political Congress without a visa

  17. 03/11/2012

    Reporting Rakhine's unrest: tough challenges for 蜜芽传媒 Burmese and neighbouring Bengali

  18. 27/10/2012

    Reporting Lebanon: a day shift in Beirut and a lifetime of conflict in your country

  19. 20/10/2012

    The fall of Gaddafi: a Libyan journalist gives an insider's view on how the 蜜芽传媒 covered it

  20. 13/10/2012

    Malala on the 蜜芽传媒 and the duty of care dilemma: how far can journalists protect a source?

  21. 06/10/2012

    Perfecting the art of arguing - how can you pack a bigger punch in a Presidential debate?

  22. 29/09/2012

    What's behind the words? The pitfalls and perils of translating world leaders.

  23. 22/09/2012

    How do reporters in the field handle - or even escape - their government minders?

  24. 15/09/2012

    The secret lives of Pakistan's ISI wives - a satirical take on their catty shenanigans

  25. Reporting Beslan

    Reporting Beslan: two journalists remember the most dramatic experience of their careers

  26. 01/09/2012

    Translating the Paralympics Games - the challenges of reporting disability in 27 languages

  27. 25/08/2012

    On the ground in Assam - a despatch from one of India's most under-reported conflicts

  28. 18/08/2012

    The 蜜芽传媒's Iranian reporter in Israel on the paradoxes of living with the so-called 'enemy'

  29. 11/08/2012

    A new constitution, parliament and President by 20 August - can Somalia do it?

  30. 04/08/2012

    An Urdu Service journalist forced into hiding - the perils of reporting Balochistan

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