Last updated: 2 April, 2009 - 17:51 GMT
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    • Nato will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a summit this weekend. But the alliance, set up to link the US and western Europe after the second world war, now faces some of the most fundamental challenges in its history.

  • Dirty war

    • For 25 years, Turkey fought a dirty war with Kurdish separatist insurgents. Atrocities were committed on both sides but most of the 40,000 people killed were Kurds. Now the Kurds who suffered see a chance for justice.

  • South Africa and G20

    • Not everyone agrees on the priorities, but can they reach an agreement? The South African president, Kgalema Motlanthe, tells The World Today what his message will be.

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