Newsline 14 April 2010: Belgium's language divide flares up in Brussels, Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Bakiyev is ready to step down, and Somali radio stations are forced to silence the music.

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French and Flemish clash around Brussels
French and Flemish speakers in Belgium are at loggerheads over power and space in the ring around Brussels, 29 neighbourhoods that should in theory welcome both French and Flemish Belgians. But now it's turned into a turf war that's again exposed Belgium's deep language divide.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide’s Brussels correspondent Vanessa Mock reports.

Fragile Kyrgyzstan balances between allies
Kyrgyzstan's ousted President Kurmanbek Bakiyev is ready for a peaceful handover of power as long as his safety is guaranteed. Meanwhile, US assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake is visiting Kyrgyzstan today to discuss the future of the Manas US airbase in the country.

Dr Claire Wilkinson from the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham says it's unlikely they will maintain that position now they're in power:

Islamic militants ban radio music in Somalia
Almost all radio stations in southern and central Somalia have stopped broadcasting all music, in order to comply with demands from Islamic militants.

The International Crisis Group's Somalia analyst Rashid Abdi explains why the militants don't want music broadcast in Somalia.

And Somali journalist Kassim Mohamed is worried the music ban in his country could have serious psychological effects.