25/02/2012
Hollywood, where psychic investigators examining a real life murder mystery may help Tinseltown's most tormented souls finally rest in peace.
Andrew Harding's in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia -- how impressed have they been there with the international gathering in London this week aimed at restoring stability to their country? Gerry Northam's in Japan where, a year after the devastating earthquake and tsunami, they're wondering whether to dump nuclear power altogether. David Willis is looking at a ninety-year-old murder mystery in the Hollywood hills. An extraordinary tableau's revealed in a Cairo bar: Sara Hashash meets a soldier who, on his days off, joins demonstrators throwing stones at the military! And Aleem Maqbool examines Pakistan's system of government from Mirpur, a town they call: Little Britain.
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Introduction
Duration: 00:26
βLearning to be normal againβ
Andrew Harding in Somalia sees how normality is gradually returning to the country after 20 years of anarchy.
Duration: 05:45
A nuclear re-think?
In Japan, Gerry Northam reports that the Fukushima disaster a year ago has led to calls for a change of energy policy.
Duration: 05:24
Beer and politics in Egypt
In a Cairo bar, Sara Hashash meets a group of revolutionaries and learns that one of them is a conscripted soldier about to go on duty.
Duration: 05:18
Pakistanβs βLittle Britainβ
Aleem Maqbool says UK Pakistanis may soon be able to vote in Pakistanβs elections thanks to the close links between the two countries since the 1960s.
Duration: 05:06
Tinseltown mystery
In Los Angeles, David Willis meets the ghost-hunters trying to solve the 90-year-old murder of a Hollywood film director.
Duration: 05:32
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- Sat 25 Feb 2012 11:30ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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