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Outlook: 24/10/2011

24/10/2011

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Libya's 'revolutionary doctor' on why he risked his life to treat rebel fighters

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

Today, Mohamed Al-Murabit, the Libyan doctor who treated rebel fighters who were being refused care in hospitals taken over by Colonel Gaddafi's troops. Now he wants to set up a political party. 

Plus, a Sierra Leonean teacher who fled Libya during the battle to oust Colonel Gaddafi. 

Also, a Japanese woman who defied her family's wishes to help tsunami victims. 

And, the British grandmother who survived her own 'James Bond moment'.

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