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Radio 4,07 Mar 2013,45 mins

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The day's news, with Philippa Thomas. On the eve of Hugo Chavez's funeral, we're live in Caracas, and we'll ask if "Chavismo" can survive his death. Also - does the Vicky Pryce guilty verdict have any political significance for the Liberal Democrats ? Will new UN sanctions have any effect on North Korea ? Can the internet be the midwife of political change in China ? Ritula's been investigating in her latest dispatch from China and vintage Robin Lustig - hear his 2005 Hugo Chavez interview from the World Tonight archives.

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