Iraq election: Moqtada al-Sadr hails apparent victory - a podcast by BBC World Service

The Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr promises to form a nationalist government free from foreign interference. Also, the Italian authorities come under pressure to ban neo-fascist parties, and life imitates art as the Star Trek actor William Shatner prepares to blast into space.

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