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Radio 4,19 Oct 2011,45 mins

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Turkish troops have fought rebels from the PKK in Northern Iraq, in response to one of the most deadly attacks by the Kurds in decades. Protests against cuts in Greece on the first day of a 48-hour-strike have turned violent. What alternatives are the demonstrators offering to deal with the Greek debt crisis? A new island is being formed by an underwater volcanic eruption in the Canaries. Are there reasons to fear a major eruption? On the World Tonight, with Ritula Shah.

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