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Shahbaz Taseer Recounts Torment As Hostage

BBC World Service - Newsday, Shahbaz Taseer Recounts Torment As Hostage

Shahbaz Taseer, who was kidnapped in Pakistan a few months after his father was assassinated, recalls his four and a half year ordeal under Taliban militants.

We'll get the latest from Hong Kong, which is on high alert as a top official from mainland China visits. 

And South Korea's Han Kang wins the Man Booker International Prize but she has to split her winnings.

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