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Radio 4,17 Sep 2009,45 mins

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National and international news and analysis with David Eades. Washington scraps the European missile defence system, but will the move make Russia more co-operative on Iran? With the deadly air strike in Yemen, is the country in danger of becoming a failed state? Spending versus cuts: has cutting government spending become the new economic orthodoxy? , Brixton gets a new currency, but will the 'Brixton pound' bring prosperity to local traders?

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