-- Budget 2012: the axe begins to fall : In late March, Stephen Harper's Conservatives tabled a new budget. It outlined plans for more than $5-billion of spending cuts, as well as one for phasing out the penny. In this News in Review story we examine what’s in the budget and look at the reaction from the opposition and other Canadians. -- The NDP chooses a new leader : In the last election the New Democratic Party won enough votes to become the official opposition in Parliament. But only three months later its leader, Jack Layton, died of cancer and a race began to succeed him. In this News in Review story we look at that race and how Thomas Mulcair became the NDP's new leader. -- Burma and the great awakening : For 50 years the Southeast Asian country of Burma was ruled by a brutal military dictatorship. But now the generals have loosened their iron grip and democracy is slowly making a comeback. In this News in Review story we look at those democratic reforms and what they mean for the people who live there. -- Titanic: the Canadian story : It's been 100 years since the giant passenger liner Titanic hit an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic off the coast of Newfoundland. In this News in Review story we look at the impact of the disaster, especially on Canadians in Halifax, where many of the dead are buried.

"CBC news in review"--Disc title.

Budget 2012: the axe begins to fall (15:45) -- The NDP chooses a new leader (13:34) -- Burma and the great awakening (16:26) -- Titanic: the Canadian story (14:51).