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Radio 4,14 Jun 2013,45 mins

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The US president approves the supply of direct military aid to the Syrian opposition after US intelligence concludes Assad forces are using chemical weapons "on a small scale", Iranians vote for new president, An Australian radio presenter is sacked after asking PM Julia Gillard in a live interview if her long-term partner, Tim Mathieson, is gay. Could a new bridge over the Danube which opens today, solve some of the problems of the poorest part of the European Union's poorest country? With Philippa Thomas.

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