18/02/2012
Weddings are big business. From Our Own Correspondent is in a Manhattan emporium where all tastes are catered for, and where you can spend millions on a dress - and many people do.
The gun remains the ultimate arbiter of disputes in post-Gaddafi Libya. And Gabriel Gatehouse in Benghazi says disarming the militias roaming the country is a priority for the country's new leaders. Bill Law's been in Bahrain as violence between protestors and security forces has left many casualties in recent days. Justin Rowlatt's been meeting a Brazilian man who admits to cutting down swathes of Amazonian rainforest. But he maintains it was his patriotic duty -- he was only doing what his government in those days considered appropriate. There's growing resentment between the people of Hong Kong and Chinese mainlanders - Juliana Liu's been exploring the tensions in this port city which until fifteen years ago was a British colony ... while in New York City Reggie Nadelson looks around a vast wedding emporium where you can spend tens of thousands on a wedding dress - and many do!!!
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Duration: 00:35
Guns still rule in Libya
A year after the uprising that overthrew Col Gaddafi began, Gabriel Gatehouse finds that the gun still settles disputes.
Duration: 05:00
Caught in the crossfire
Bill Law in Bahrain explains how recent violence there has seen migrant workers caught between pro-democracy activists and the security forces.
Duration: 05:29
Love-hate relationship
Juliana Liu explains how, 15 years after Britain handed Hong Kong back to the Chinese authorities, tensions remain between its inhabitants and the people of mainland China.
Duration: 05:40
'Demonisation' of farmers
Justin Rowlatt in northern Brazil meets a man who cut down large swathes of rainforest in the days when the government said it was right, but now says people like himself are treated like bandits.
Duration: 05:33
New York says Yes to the dress
Everyone wants to look good on their wedding day and, as Reggie Nadelson discovers, fulfilling the dreams and fantasies of New York's brides-to-be is big business.
Duration: 05:21
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- Sat 18 Feb 2012 11:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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