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True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: 21/09/2011

21/09/2011

BBC World Service - Outlook, 21/09/2011

The former school teacher heading up Lebanon's all-female cluster bomb squad.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. 

Today, the school teacher who became the head of Lebanon's only all-female cluster bomb clearing squad after losing five members of her family in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. 

Also, the man whose name will forever be linked to the 1985 Brixton riots - Londoner Michael Groce explains how that experience made him put an end to his life of crime. 

And, the champion US skydiver who was almost fatally injured in a plane crash but went on to jump again.

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