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Hurricane Mitch devastates Honduras and Nicaragua

The aid effort begins after hurricane Mitch wreaks devastation in Honduras and Nicaragua and Alistair Cooke considers how relatively trivial news can distract from great disasters.

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Fri 13 Nov 199821:00
BBC Radio 4

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