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The World Tonight: 25/08/2011

25/08/2011

BBC Radio 4 - The World Tonight, 25/08/2011

National and international news and analysis with Samira Ahmed.

The latest from Libya: how important is the capture of Gaddafi for ordinary people?

A special report from Peckham in South London - why did the riots happen there despite years of government spending?

And the geneticist who tested himself - with some difficult results.

With Samira Ahmed.

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