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Radio 4,01 Mar 2012,28 mins

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Did you ever see bin Laden? Aleem Maqbool is in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where they've been bulldozing the compound where the al-Qaeda leader was killed by US special forces. Aleem tells us many there are reluctant to believe bin Laden was ever a resident of their town. The German public appears to be tiring of rescue packages for beleaguered Greece and Steve Evans in Berlin has been hearing it's not easy at the moment being a Greek in today's Germany. David Loyn is in the Indian state of Bihar hearing the arguments for and against Britain's continuing programme of aid for India. Hugely increased university fees in this country mean that more British students than ever before are enrolling in foreign places of learning. Sanchia Berg's been to meet some of them at Harvard in the US. and Tom Burridge is in Barcelona where the regional politicians feel they're getting a raw deal from central government in the Spanish capital, Madrid.

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