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Crime Protests in Argentina

The killing that galvanised Argentina; India's independence movement; BBC spaghetti hoax.

In April 2004, the death of a 23-year-old student called Alex Blumberg sparked a wave of protests in Argentina. The demonstrations were led by his father and demanded a tough government response to rising crime.

Also in this week's programme, the independence movement in 1940s India; how Edward VIII coped with life after abdication; and the day the BBC pretended spaghetti grew on trees.

Picture: Posters of Alex Blumberg, Credit: AFP

50 minutes

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Sun 6 Apr 201401:06GMT
BBC World Service Online

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  • Sat 5 Apr 201419:06GMT
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