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World Service,29 Oct 2010,25 mins

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Alan Johnston presents stories from correspondents around the world. In this edition of the programme ... Paul Mason finds out what happened to the American Dream in a city devastated by economic collapse. Mary Harper visits a small corner of Nairobi where a community of Somalis are rebuilding their lives. Hamilton Wende meets the former prisoner who discovered life's purpose in a Johannesburg jail. Rosie Goldsmith sees a new generation of modern artists in Turkey testing the country's taboos. And David Willis gets possessed by the spirit of Halloween in Hollywood.

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