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World Service,16 May 2014,55 mins

Ukrainian Steelworkers Patrol Streets

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The New York Times’ Andrew Kramer speaks to us on his return from Eastern Ukraine where steelworkers have taken to the streets to patrol their cities. With less than a month to go to the World Cup, Katy Watson reports from the scene of yet another anti-government protest in Brazil. We hear from Corynne McSheery about ‘net neutrality’ and why two-tier internet streaming is a very bad idea, and Rahul Tandon joins us from Calcutta as India prepares to find out who won the world’s biggest election. In our New York bureau, Gordon Chang talks fast lanes, FCC and pharmaceuticals; and in Delhi, Vandana Shiva talks ecofeminism, GM crops and better ways to measure wellbeing.

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