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Crossing Continents
Page last updated at 11:22 GMT, Thursday, 3 December 2009
THURSDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2009
Former heroin addict Urfan Azad
Pakistan: Rehab Madrassa
Julia Rooke visits a madrassa in remote northern Pakistan that offers heroin addicts drugs rehab - and military training to fight in Afghanistan.

THURSDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2009

THURSDAY, 19 NOVEMBER 2009

Curtis Flowers Mississippi Smouldering
A black man is facing his sixth trial for the same crime. Tom Mangold has been to Mississippi to investigate the effects of racial tensions on the case.
Facing a sixth trial for the same crime
FDLR Fighters Congo Connection
Peter Greste investigates whether Rwandans in France and Germany are controlling a deadly African militia.
FDLR Inc: Congo’s multinational rebels

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HIGHLIGHTS FROM SPRING 2009

Bahrain Protest Police 'use guns' at Bahrain protests
A human rights organisation in Bahrain accuses police of opening fire on protesters campaigning against brutality.
Sayed Kashua Israel's Goodness Gracious Me
Mukul Devichand met the creators and cast of prime time Israeli comedy programme 'Arab Labour'.
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Lucy Ash met the supporters of the former Prime Minister Thaksin to find out why they want him back in power.

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