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From Athens journalist Achilleas Topas discusses the latest 13.5 billion euro austerity package.

Martin Chulov Middle East Correspondent with the Guardian newspaper reports.

Drivetime reporter Della Kilroy gets the views of parents. Analysis from Structural engineer Roger Tegart, a former Project Associate on the plan to build the new National Children's Hospital on the Mater site.

Claire Regan, Associate Managing Editor of the Staten Island Advance, describes how two young boys were washed to their death when Storm Sandy hit the US East Coast last week.

Marcellus Andrews, Professor of Economics, Barnard College, Columbia University and freelance journalist Colin Murphy discuss the role of race in the US election.

Fergal Keane reported on Obama's successful 2008 campaign when the Democrat took Ohio by a margin of almost 5 points over his Republican rival, John McCain. Four years later, Fergal revisited the town of Springfield, where the President addressed a rally of the party faithful.

Brendan Wright was at the protests and Rodney Edwards from Fermanagh's Impartial Reporter tells us more

A new drug, Gold Zero, is just one type of drug seized