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Radio 4,06 Jul 2009,45 mins

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The worst violence in China since Tiananmen Square; who are the Uighur people who protested? President Obama arrives in Moscow, but can he mend relations with the Russians? Is there the political will to make real progress on climate change? Can wild romantic gestures ever save a dying relationship? The career of Robert McNamara, the former US defence secretary, who became known as Mr Vietnam. Why young people in Algeria could return to violence.

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