16/12/2009

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Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Matthew Bannister. Khmer Rouge close up; Atlantic rising; Veil attack. Khmer Rouge Close Up Irish photo-journalist Nic Dunlop tells us how he tracked down Comrade Duch - the commandant of Cambodia's notorious Khmer Rouge torture camp S21 - in a remote village where he was working as a teacher. Atlantic Rising We hear how rising sea levels are threatening a historic former slave fort in Gambia. Veil Attack And a Muslim woman, Rehana Sidat, from Leicester in the English Midlands tells us how she was left traumatised after her veil was torn from her face in the street.