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Radio 4,25 Feb 2012,30 mins

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Andrew Harding's in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia -- how impressed have they been there with the international gathering in London this week aimed at restoring stability to their country? Gerry Northam's in Japan where, a year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, they're wondering whether to dump nuclear power altogether. David Willis is looking at a ninety-year-old murder mystery in the Hollywood hills. An extraordinary tableau's revealed in a Cairo bar: Sara Hashash meets a soldier who, on his days off, joins demonstrators throwing stones at the military! And Aleem Maqbool examines Pakistan's system of government from Mirpur, a town they call: Little Britain.

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