Reality Check: He once allegedly offered supermodel Naomi Campbell a fist full of diamonds - now Charles Taylor faces sentencing at the end of a 5 year war crimes trial
Reality Check: Rupert Murdoch; Tymoshenko on hunger strike; Semmering rail tunnel; welfare states in the developing world and Austrian enthusiasm for Fairtrade products.
It looks like the election watchdog in France has found a way to stop Twitter, Facebook and other social networks breaking the embargo on the announcement of the results of Sunday’s presidential election.
Reality Check: Reaction in France to the Toulouse shootings; should there be a code of conduct for politicians? and an interview with author William Boyd.
Reality Check: criminal procedure controversy; botched hostage mission in Nigeria; a sigh of relief in Greece; Slovakia's elections; opposition to wind farms in Scotland.
Reality Check: the Republican presidential campaign; environmental concerns after cruise shipwreck; Libya’s transition; campaign against racism; young winter athletes under pressure.
Reality Check: World Press Freedom Hero David Rohde; Political turmoil in Pakistan; stolen nuclear material in Egypt; Brits' lack of solidarity and "Risflection"
A Saturday Reality Check Special exploring the people and places which influenced Barack Obama as he was growing up and shaped the man who Americans chose to be the first black president of the United States.
