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Up All Night: 03/07/2012

03/07/2012

BBC Radio 5 Live - Up All Night, 03/07/2012

A lawyer detained in Libya after being accused of spying has arrived in the Netherlands.

A lawyer detained in Libya after being accused of spying has arrived in the Netherlands having being released by the Libyan government.

Rhod Sharp with news from at home and abroad. A lawyer detained in Libya after being accused of spying has arrived in the Netherlands after being released by the Libyan government. Australian Melinda Taylor had been detained for 25 days with three colleagues from the International Criminal Court. Up All Night talks to her sister Danielle who has just spoken Melinda following her release.

Three more British soldiers have been shot dead in Helmand Province by a man dressed as an Afghan policeman. It brings the number of rogue killings in the country this year to 26. Former US army lieutenant Tommy Shaffer tells Up All Night he thinks there will be more and ISAF spokesman lieutenant James Williams reveals the killer was a genuine Afghan policeman and not an imposter.

UK pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $3bn to settle what US officials are calling the biggest healthcare fraud in the country's history. Up All Night talks to one of the lawyers who fought the case.

At least four people are feared dead after a plane crash involving an aircraft being used to help fight fires in Colorado in the US.

The British civil servant running across America talks to Up All Night a month into her epic journey. Jennifer Bradley links up with her mum and dad who come into the 5 Live to talk to their daughter on the telephone.

And Rhod talks to the Japanese lady who has written a guidebook to Scotland for Japanese tourists. It tells them to stay away from council estates, avoid people in football shirts and to visit pubs.

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