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World Service,03 Sep 2009,55 mins

02/09/2009

Newshour

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As the UN announces a drop in Afghan opium output, an advocate of buying up poppies for medicinal purposes debates the strategy with a champion of alternative crops. A Canadian court grants asylum to a white South African who complained that he suffered racism in his homeland. We get reaction from South Africa on an issue that stirred up listeners' emotions. And we go to Athens for an insight into a major global conference on mental health.

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