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Outlook: 13/03/2012

13/03/2012

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The Swiss man forced to become a 'contract child' speaks out about his stolen childhood.

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.

Today, the 87-year-old Swiss man who was removed from his family by the government and put to work on a farm. Like tens of thousands of other children, Arthur Honegger became a 'contract child'. He tells Lucy Ash about those lost years and why he is speaking out about his stolen childhood. 

Also the Liberian doctor tackling  prejudice against Aids by writing a book about her gay brother. 

And we cross the Pacific to meet the cowboys of Hawaii.

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