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Malta and Bangladesh

Are Europe's small island states being bullied amid the EU's economic troubles?

Ben Lowings is in Malta, seeing whether its economic swashbuckle will be able to fight off the strictures of the EU. But will it follow other small, island states like Cyprus - and be pushed into knuckling under? Meanwhile, near Bangladesh's border with Burma, Caroline Eden meets a new, Buddhist Raja, taking on traditional leadership role in the town of Bandarban.

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10 minutes

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  • Fri 10 May 201301:50GMT
  • Fri 10 May 201308:50GMT
  • Fri 10 May 201318:50GMT