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World Service,06 Mar 2012,28 mins

06/03/2012

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Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. Today, Irene Villa, who lost both legs in a Madrid bomb attack in 1991, tells us how she's stayed optimistic. Also, Dame Daphne Sheldrick on a lifetime of working with elephants and other wild animals in Kenya. Her book is called An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephant'. And 74-year-old Bangladeshi Jharna Dhara Choudhury on how Mahatma Gandhi inspired her commitment to education and community work.

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