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Fault Lines

Exploring the physical and political lines that could cause conflict

World Service,4 episodes

Episodes

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Sierra Leone
Examining why a place that offered such promise descended into chaos and brutality
22 May 2006,22 mins
Mexico
Hundreds of illegal migrants die in the desert trying to cross the border into the US
29 May 2006,22 mins
Lebanon
Beirut in Lebanon is a patchwork quilt of religious communities
30 May 2006,22 mins
China
Dramatic economic growth in China has reopened a historic fault line with its neighbours
05 Jun 2006,22 mins