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World Service,30 Jul 2010,10 mins

Trinidad Coup

Witness History

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The multicultural Caribbean island of Trinidad is home to Christians, Hindus and Muslims but in 1990 a radical muslim group tried to take over parliament. For six days the country held its breath.

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