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World Service,19 Jan 2013,26 mins

Girl's Ballet School in Syria

Boston Calling

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How life goes on for young ballerinas in a suburb of Damascus. A young Haitian woman rebuilds her life in New York after fleeing the 2010 earthquake in her homeland. We’ll also hear about Hollywood’s decades-old relationship with America’s top spy agency, the CIA. (Image: Young ballerinas at their ballet class, Credit: Emma LeBlanc)

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