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World Service,16 Mar 2012,10 mins

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Reports by Rupert Wingfield Hayes in Gaza and Rosie Goldsmith in Russia, presented by Owen Bennett Jones. The Gaza Strip - a stretch of land only 40 kilometres long and nine kilometres wide consistently makes news around the world. The latest exchange of fire between the Palestinians there left more than 20 Palestinians dead and more than 20 Israelis injured. Rupert Wingfield Hayes finds out what life is like on the ground. In Russia, Henry Moore's abstract sculptures are now on display in Moscow. It's the first time any modern art has ever been shown in any of the Kremlin's museums. Rosie Goldsmith reports.

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