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World Service,26 Mar 2011,25 mins

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Jonathan Marcus considers the difficulties of coordinating allied operations over Libya. After the revolution in Egypt, Bill Law discovers that women are still waiting for their revolution. Clive Lawton explores how multilingual politics have played themselves out in Canada. Gabriel Gatehouse finds the Dutch monarchy is not as laid back as it used to be. And in the Philippines, Kate McGeown reveals some of the more bizarre names of the country's people.

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