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11/08/2009

Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Jonathan Charles.

South Africa's white squatters; new face for a new job; Aerosol Arabic.

Personal stories behind the news from all over the world. With Jonathan Charles.

South Africa's white squatters; new face for a new job; Aerosol Arabic.

Poor and white in South Arica.
Angry, poor and white - we meet the South Africans who are living in shanty towns and feel just as let down as the country's impoverished black citizens.

New face for a new job.
The jobs market couldn't be tougher in the global recession - but, would you be willing to have cosmetic surgery on your face to improve your chances of finding work? We hear from one American man who did just that.

Graffiti artist - Mohammed Ali.
And graffiti with a difference - a British muslim artist who spray paints walls in Arabic, tells presenter Jonathan Charles why he wants to combine Islam with urban edginess.

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28 minutes

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Tue 11 Aug 2009 12:32GMT

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  • Tue 11 Aug 2009 12:32GMT

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