Somalia and the Netherlands

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Owen Bennett Jones presents stories from Andrew Harding in Somalia and Rachel Wright in the Netherlands. Law and disorder in Somalia For the past 20 years, the only law in Mogadishu has come from the barrel of a gun. But now things may be changing. Andrew Harding was recently in the Somali capital where he saw an astonishing sight - traffic police. It's a rare attempt at enforcing rules in a country where few people has even seen a drivers' license, or heard of auto insurance. Maastricht's Carnival It's a rather reserved, conservative region, centered on a university town in the heart of Europe. But for one day every year the largely Catholic Limburg province in The Netherlands shakes off its reputation and goes wild. Rachel Wright joined the men in chicken hats and the fairies riding bicycles for their once-a-year festival.