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World Service,19 Jun 2012,28 mins

19/06/2012

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Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. Today, as the Greek Government struggles to deal with the austerity measures imposed on the country, the director of a psychiatric hospital tells us how his four hundred patients are in danger of starvation. Also, Matthew Bannister hears from an American reporter who has witnessed hundreds of executions in Texas - Michael Graczyk tells Matthew why he sees this as part of his professional duty. And, as part of our Edible City series, Malaysian-born Dennis Lee talks about his journey from the markets of the island of Penang to the Royal College of Music in London.

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