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Morning news and current affairs, with Sarah Montague and Evan Davis, featuring:

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Burma's elections last weekend have focused world attention on the country's political system but what about everyday life there? Have the democratic reforms that have swept this member of former President Bush's so called "axis of evil" been matched by economic and social ones? Mike Thomson, who has just returned from the country, has the latest in his series of reports.

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Eight Metropolitan Police officers and another member of staff have been suspended while the Independent Police Complaints Commission investigates complaints of racism against the force. Another 12 officers are also being investigated. Dr Richard Stone, who was a member of the Stephen Lawrence inquiry has penned an open letter to the Met Police chief commissioner, calling on him to show leadership and suggesting that that is what has been missing all along. Dr Stone and Superintendent Leroy Logan, the founder and past chair of the Black Police Federation, outline their views.

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A pleasant bank holiday: what better to do than go fishing? A new book explains why fishing is becoming a more accessible hobby, as our urban rivers are getting cleaner and sustaining fish, so the sport is right there for city dwellers who may not realise it. The book is called Trout in Dirty Places. The book's author, Theo Pike, and a friend of his took took Evan Davis to one of those places to witness the joys of urban angling.

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Twenty years ago today war broke out in Europe - the small state of Bosnia fell apart as religious and ethnic divisions erupted. Our correspondent Allan Little covered the war for the 麻豆约拍. He gives us some of his personal, and painful, reflections from that time.