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13:06 minutes (11.99 MB)In part two, Blumenthal dissects the Iraq project - an "ideological dreamland" characterised by incompetence. "green zone of the mind" then on to torture and detention policy, the emergence of John McCain, unique challenge for the next president, and the end of an era
Jane Gabriel meets the actors and writers of the Cairo-based Women and Memory forum. Listen now
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The UN's John Holmes on confronting sexual violence worldwide
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womens' right to safe abortion.
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9:01 minutes (8.25 MB)How does corporations' immunity from public damage relate to kite-surfing? Tony Curzon Price talks to two experts about the risks of "limited liability"
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Britain after Blair, Sarkozy's election victory, and e-voting trials at the UK local elections.
US Army broadcasts gunfire on YouTube from Baghdad, a play about Fallujah in London, a video memorial for US soldiers, and blogs from Iraq.
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