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Big bankers' bonuses
Should bankers receive big bonuses or are salaries already too high?
Britain's Royal Bank of Scotland could be facing a fine of around $800 million from British and US authorities for its part in the Libor rate-rigging scandal yet it may still find the cash to hand out some hefty bonuses to its staff. We talk to Will Hopper, a former investment banker who is fed up with banks' bonus culture.
Think gas prices are high? Imagine a $7 billion gas bill. That's what Ukraine has been given by its neighbour Russia for gas it allegedly committed to buy but never ended up doing so.
And Google finds its way around a country very few people get the chance to visit - North Korea.
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