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Weapons and the media

David Amanor investigates the language of weaponry unpicked; Football Chechen style; A question of identity - what is an Arab Jew? And fishing bodies out of the river in Colombia.

A fresh look at the week's global news from across the World Service's 27 language sections, with presenter David Amanor.

WEAPONS AND THE MEDIA
What separates an M16 from an AK47? 91热爆 Editor Olexiy Solohubenko and Rafid Jaboori of 91热爆 Arabic unpick the language of weaponry

FOOTBALL CHECHEN STYLE
As Grozny stadium hosts the Russian Football Cup Final, the Fifth Floor's Natia Abramia looks into what the game means for Chechnya and its leader

BEING AN ARAB JEW
What does it mean to be a Mizrahim - an Arab Jew? 91热爆 Arabic's Omar Abdel-Razek has been trying to unravel a tricky question of identity

COLOMBIAN BURIAL
Arturo Wallace of 91热爆 Mundo meets a Colombian man who for the past ten years has been fishing bodies out of the river near his home, victims of the violent struggle waged upstream.

NEW RIO GALLERY
Conflict in art, an exhibition at Rio's newest gallery has had more than 24,000 visitors. 91热爆 Africa's Manuel Toledo was one of them.

Image: An assortment of AK 47s at a military base
Credit: AP Photo/Richard Lewis

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Sat 1 Jun 2013 02:06GMT

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  • Fri 31 May 2013 11:06GMT
  • Fri 31 May 2013 21:06GMT
  • Sat 1 Jun 2013 02:06GMT