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07/01/2010

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Maziar Bahari; Venezuela 10 years after the mudslides; India's top female wrestler.

Maziar Bahari
Canadian Iranian journalist, Maziar Bahari talks of the 118 days he spent in Tehran's notorious Evin prison. He tells us about the man who tortured him there who warned him never to talk publicly about his time in prison.

Ten years on from the Venezuelan mudslides
The people of Vargas in Venezuela describe their impoverished and desperate living conditions ten years after mudslides killed 30,000 people there. Despite tens of millions of aid money their lives haven't improved.

India's celebrity female wrestler 
India's beautiful, celebrity, female wrestler talks of how she got to the top of her profession and how her father spurred her on.

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