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Radio 4,20 May 2009,45 mins

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The MPs expenses row - a chance to reform the British political system? US Senate blocks funds for Guantanamo closure. Civilian victims of the conflict in Sri Lanka - will anyone be held responsible? An inquiry into widespread abuse of children at Catholic church institutions in Ireland. Indonesia - a report on how the world's fourth biggest country copes with current economic downturn.

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