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World Service,06 Feb 2014,11 mins

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The military-led regime which replaced the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013 has proved controversial. On a train through Egypt, Edward Lewis meets some of those who are loyal to the new government, and in particular, its leader Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. In Belize, Georgina Kenyon is served gibut, the tropical nation's 'royal rat'. As its jungle habitat continues to be threatened, she considers the relationship between Belize's 320,000 inhabitants and their natural resources. (Photo: An Egyptian Coptic Christian woman holds an image of Egypt's Defense Minister, General Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi, during the Coptic Christmas midnight at the al-Abasseya Cathedral in Cairo. Credit: Mohamed El-Shahed/AFP/Getty Images)

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