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Radio 4,18 Aug 2009,45 mins

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National and international news and analysis with Ritula Shah. The IMF says global economic recovery has begun. A US senator tells us why the Lockerbie bomber should not be released. The man who took direct action on punctuation. Corby council appeals against a ruling that it is responsible for children's birth defects. The BBC learns of vote selling in Afghanistan, but is some democracy better than none?

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