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World Service,16 Oct 2013,55 mins

US Lawmakers Debate a Fresh Deal to Avoid Default

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A fresh plan on the table for re-opening the US government. Are we edging closer to a deal or is debt default now inevitable? Also: going on trial in New York - Chevron versus Ecuadorean villagers as the oil giant tries to overturn an 18 billion dollar judgement over pollution in the Amazon jungle. And it's part book, part film, part computer game...we find out where the world of publishing is headed.

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