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World Service,01 Aug 2013,55 mins
Snowden given temporary ayslum; Uruguay to legalise and control trade in marijuana
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Edward Snowden -- who leaked details of secret American surveillance programmes -- has been granted temporary asylum in Russia. Is Russia right to take in the fugitive? Plus, we discuss the rights or wrongs of Uruguay passing legislation to become the first country in the world to legalise the trade in cannabis.
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