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30/04/2012
The Sierra Leonean reporter at Charles Taylor's war crimes trial, who escaped from rebels during the civil war
Extraordinary personal stories from around the world. Today, Amara Bangura, who was inspired to become a journalist after being captured by rebels and witnessing atrocities during the civil war in Sierra Leone - and ended up reporting on the trial of Charles Taylor in The Hague. Also, the inspiring story of a man who's managed to recover from not one, but two cruel blows of fate. Mark Pollock was blinded at 22 and took up extreme adventuring - only to be paralysed from the waist down in a freak accident.
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