10/11/2009

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Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Matthew Bannister. From Mexican crop-picker to US astronaut; 89 Squares - Warsaw; living without money. Astronaut Jose Hernandez Jose Hernandez tells us about his journey from a crop picking Mexican family to American astronaut. As a boy, he dreamt of space travel, and he tells us what it was like when, in August this year, that dream came true and he made his first trip on the space shuttle "Discovery". 89 Squares: Warsaw As part of our ongoing series "89 squares" we visit Bank Square in the Polish capital Warsaw. Under the communist regime the square was re-named after the Polish man who founded the Bolshevik secret police - the Cheka. He was Feliks Dzierżyński and a giant statue of him dominated the square for years. Its toppling in 1989 was a sign of the collapse of communism. Living without money German pyschotherapist Heidemarie Schwermer has been living without money for 13 years. She says she was liberated by her decision to give away all her possessions, and live out of a suitcase. Now she wants to get rid of the suitcase... She explains her way of life, and says more people should try it.