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World Service,11 Mar 2016,49 mins

Former British Intelligence Chief Reflects on Arab Uprisings

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Detailed interview with the former head of the UK's MI6 on the 'Arab Spring'; Remembering the earthquake and tsunami that killed over 18,000 people in Japan five years ago today; A bitter dispute over a much love Indian sweet. (Photo: A man walks past a burnt car and damaged buildings in Homs, Syria. Credit: Reuters/Yazan Homsy)

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