18/05/2009
Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.
On today's programme: Gay police in Peru; internet addiction in China; the teacher who called a teddy Muhammad.
Human stories from behind the global headlines. With Matthew Bannister.
On today's programme: Gay police in Peru; internet addiction in China; the teacher who called a teddy Muhammad.
Peru's Gay Police
As the government in Peru announces a crackdown on what are described as "scandalous gays" in the police force, our reporter Dan Collyns in Lima has been to meet one lesbian police officer.
Internet Addiction in China
The BBC's Karen Meirik reports from the military boot camp used to help young internet addicts in China.
Gillian Gibbons
We hear from the English teacher who caused an international row by re-naming a teddy bear Muhammad at a school in Sudan.
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