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Kate Adie introduces reports on the asbestos workers of India, the Polish town overshadowed by Auschwitz, Russia's heatwave, Ghanaian exuberance and French schools.

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30 minutes

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Sat 31 Jul 2010 11:30

Chapters

  • Introduction

    Duration: 00:22

  • Stark choices facing India's poor asbestos workers

    In a shanty town, Mike Williams sees for himself how poor Indian workers are struggling to lift themselves out of poverty.

    Duration: 05:42

  • Emerging from the shadow of Auschwitz

    The small Polish town of Oswiecim is trying to move beyond the association with the nearby Nazi death camp, as Chris Bowlby explains.

    Duration: 05:38

  • The dangers of Moscow's heatwave

    Temperatures in Russia this summer have been the highest since records began over 100 years ago and people are certainly feeling the heat, as Martin Vennard discovered

    Duration: 05:03

  • A sense of fun and commitment in Ghana

    Susie Emmett experiences Ghana's passions for football and fruit.

    Duration: 05:42

  • Drama of French education falling flat

    In Paris, Hugh Schofield considers how watching a school play revealed the merits and failings of the French education system.

    Duration: 05:21

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  • Sat 31 Jul 2010 11:30