Max Pearson

BBC World Service Radio News presenter. Heart attack and stroke survivor.

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On the History Hour this week @bbcworldservice: the anguish of not knowing - a passenger plane vanishes in 1947. Plus Doctor Death and Ebola

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History Hour @bbcworldservice with @maxpearsonbbc Lebanon's civil war - Taiwan's White Terror - and Barbie at 55.

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On History Hour this week @bbcworldservice - Stalin's mass deportation of Chechens and Ingush. Grim. Gripping. Listen and learn.

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On the History Hour @bbcworldservice get close to Deng Xiaoping and enjoy Whiskey Galore. Hilarious six day booze up for Hebridean island.

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@BBCWitness History Hour this week: Sandinistas confront the Contras. Invasion of Poland. And Iraq weapons inspector comes clean.

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Link for Witness on the BBC World Service http://t.co/YxMY6S7zrL

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Lovely insights into history, follow #witness on the BBC World Service.

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Transcripts of #Pollard inquiry into @BBCNewsnight's dropping of #Savile investigation published http://t.co/QpP1oPLDMU See @DavidSillito

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max pearson is getting back in the twitter saddle after a long break. Cryptic, eh?

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Maxpearsonbbc had heart attack on way back from Japan. Narrowly survived. Leaving UK hospital today. Likely tweet silence during rehab.

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Tokyo evening rush hour very quiet. But calm. No traffic jams. Many people must have left. Train services reduced to save power.

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Growing unease in Tokyo over Fukushima crisis. Streets quieter than normal. Many leaving. All those I've talked to are confused - anxious.

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Arriving Tokyo. No fuel found by us between here and Niigata on the main highway. Heavy snow gives way to su… (cont) http://deck.ly/~hMpzz

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Main highway Niigata to Tokyo flowing free. More tankers and supply trucks heading north. Miserable icy rain. Team asleep in car.

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Traveling Sendai to Tokyo. Been lucky with fuel. Filled up but still passing closed petrol stations and long queues.

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Relief effort for Sendai stepped up. Just met telecom engineers convoy heading that way. Phones have been out for days. Taking in own food.

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Fuel crisis in north east Japan may ease. I'm seeing many tankers heading that way from Niigata. Fighting through heavy snow.

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Japanese govt has clearly heard the cries for help from Sendai. Just seen fuel and food trucks heading that way from west.

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My producer @inglesi is a little delicate but everyone is a bit twitchy round here

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