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Aasia Bibi: Pakistani Court Overturns Death Sentence for Blasphemy
Aasia Bibi, Christian mother of five, will be freed after more than ten years. We look at what the landmark ruling means for religious freedom in Pakistan.
Aasia Bibi, Christian mother of five, will be freed after more than ten years. We look at what the landmark ruling means for religious freedom in Pakistan.
Also in the programme - Denmark foils an 'Iranian plot' to carry out an assassination on its soil; and why railway mechanics in Japan won't now have to get up close and personal with a speeding Bullet train.
(Photo: Christian Pakistani woman Aasia Bibi Credit: Handout/BBC)
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