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Radio 4,02 Aug 2011,45 mins

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The Senate has finally approved a budget with over $2 trillion of cuts in spending. The US Treasury Secretary admits America may lose its AAA credit rating. We assess how this may change America, economically and militarily. Why are one in three primary school children failing literacy tests after years of special initiatives in schools? NATO calls for reinforcements in Kosovo as ethnic tension flares. with Ritula Shah.

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