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Boston Calling: The Globalization Edition

A man holds a flyer that reads 'Justice for Trayvon', Getty Images

20/07/2013

The Globalization Edition

BBC World Service - Boston Calling, The Globalization Edition

US law allowing citizens to defend themselves with deadly force attracts attention abroad

A US law allowing citizens to defend themselves with deadly force attracts attention abroad.

A controversial US law that allows citizens the option of defending themselves with deadly force has attracted attention abroad, since a high-profile court case in Florida where George Zimmerman was acquitted after shooting and killing an unarmed African-American teenager, Trayvon Martin. 

We’ll also hear about the southern California city that’s ground zero in America’s war on methamphetamines. We’ll learn about what Spain is doing about dog owners who don’t clean up after their pets. Also, how Yiddish words like mazzel and mashuga went global. And a group of Indian-Americans in New York City take us on a hunt for the perfect dosa, that lentil-rice pancake that’s a favourite in South India.

Picture: A man holds a flyer that reads 'Justice for Trayvon', Credit: Getty Images

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