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BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

It’s been two years since an earthquake destroyed much of Haiti. Laurent Dubois joins us to look at what has happened to this troubled country in the light of its long and difficult history. We’ll find out about the story of the last queen of Hawaii and her conflicts with missionaries, sugar barons, and other Western settlers. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a 10,000 year-old Japanese pot. Ben Marcus talks about his new novel, The Flame Alphabet. Plus, our resident safety expert Monona Rossol is joined by a woodworker who has invented a new device that makes it nearly impossible to be injured by a table saw.

It’s been two years since an earthquake destroyed much of Haiti. Laurent Dubois joins us to look at what has happened to this troubled country in the light of its long and difficult history. We’ll find out about the story of the last queen of Hawaii and her conflicts with missionaries, sugar barons, and other Western settlers. The BBC’s A History of the World in 100 Objects continues with a look at a 10,000 year-old Japanese pot. Ben Marcus talks about his new novel, The Flame Alphabet. Plus, our resident safety expert Monona Rossol is joined by a woodworker who has invented a new device that makes it nearly impossible to be injured by a table saw.

Marketplace is not only about money and business, but about people, local economies and the world — and what it all means to us.

A hybrid of a talk program and a newsmagazine, On Point puts each day's news into context and provides a lively forum for discussion and debate.

Copyright has dominated the headlines lately, from the widely protested SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills to the dramatic FBI shutdown of website Megaupload. Today: Recent intellectual property stories, explained in understandable terms. Plus, a live performance from rock trio Nada Surf. And, we introduce our new series: Supercollectors.