10/06/2011

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Opposition activists in northern Syria are accusing the army of adopting a scorched earth policy around the town of Jisr Al-Shughur - we get an eyewitness account from a man who watched the day's events from a hillside overlooking his home town. Turkish voters go to the polls on Sunday and the PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan, is universally expected to emerge the winner for his third successive victory - we examine his record in office. Are you - the way the Duke of Edinburgh tells it - past your sell-by date by the time you reach the age of 90 - we talk to Diana Athill who recently won the coveted Costa literary prize at the tender age of 91. The World Tonight with Robin Lustig.