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Outlook: 22/02/2010

22/02/2010

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Kidnapped daughter; Rio slums police and record breath holder.

Sarah Taylor 
Sarah Taylor's daughter Nadia was kidnapped from the UK by her father and taken to Libya. Sarah tells Ritula Shah about her three year fight to get her back and the help that she received from Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi and from British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and then Gordon Brown.

Rio Favela Police
Outlook's Alphonso Daniels visits the Santa Marta slum in Rio de Janeiro to find out about the permanent "pacifier" police force that is now based there.  How successful has it been and can it be expanded to the rest of the city before the 2016 Olympics?

Peter Colat
Peter Colat has just broken the world record for holding his breath underwater. He managed a staggering 19 minutes and 21 seconds. Peter tells Ritula Shah how he did it.

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