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Outlook: 21/06/2011

21/06/2011

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The Saudi surgeon fighting for the right to marry the man she loves

The female surgeon from Saudi Arabia battling for the right to marry the man she loves.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world:  today, Samia, the female surgeon from Saudi Arabia who's battling for the right to marry the man she loves - she's now planning to take her case to the Supreme Court.  

Also on the programme, Tim Durrin, the American Iraq war veteran who's formed an unlikely friendship with a Cambodian through their love of cycling. 

And growing up poor in the UK - in the third part of our series, we hear from Paige, a ten year old girl who lives in Glasgow - she describes how damp and mouldy living conditions make her family ill.

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