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From Our Own Correspondent: Cairo and Mumbai

Cairo and Mumbai

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Tony Grant introduces reports from Cairo and on the search for pop stardom in Mumbai.

Tony Grant introduces reports from Tom Dinham in Cairo, on the tense atmosphere there; and from Rajini Vaidyanathan on her small taste of pop stardom in Mumbai - the city where anything is possible.

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There've been appeals for calm in Egypt after last week's mob attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo. 

A security wall was breached, the Israeli flag was torn down and embassy papers were thrown from upstairs balconies.

Relations between the two Middle Eastern neighbours have been increasingly strained in recent weeks. 

Thomas Dinham, who is in the Egyptian capital,  says the atmosphere there is tense. 

POP STARDOM

And The dream of becoming a pop star, of fame and fortune and of being adored by millions is one shared by many around the world. 

The thought has inspired a series of successful television programmes yet for most people, pop stardom remains just a distant dream. 

But for Rajini Vaidyanathan in Mumbai a chance encounter at a party led to an invitation she couldn't refuse.

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