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World Service,21 Oct 2009,28 mins

21/10/2009

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Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Matthew Bannister. Gangs in Chicago; Bigamy case in Indian courts; Brian Keenan remembers his mother Pastor Tim White As America reels from the latest gang murder in Chicago Matthew talks to the man who risks his life trying to resolve conflict on the city's streets. Sabrah Ahmadzai Rupa Jha reports on the small legal victory for the Afghan woman who accuses an Indian army major of bigamy. Brian Keenan The former Beirut hostage tells Matthew about what life was like growing up in Belfast and the skeletons he found in his mother's closet.

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