Greece and the Maldives

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Reports from Paul Mason in Greece and Andrew North in the Maldives. Presented by Owen Bennett Jones. On the fringes in Greece In ancient times Greece was the most advanced country in Europe, but now because of the financial crisis it seems increasingly on the edge of the continent. Paul Mason has been meeting men on the fringes of Greek society - immigrants who are keen to move west, but instead find themselves trapped. Big trouble in little paradise In recent years the Maldives appeared to achieve a degree of political stability. But that has now changed, along with the country's government, in what has variously been described as a coup, an Islamist takeover and a smooth transfer of power to a unity government. Andrew North has been trying to make sense of it all.