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08/07/2012

A Costa Concordia survivor gives his reaction to the news that the ship's captain could earn thousands of Euros selling his story and there's comment on Libya's election.

Costa Concordia survivor, Ian Fraser gives Dotun Adebayo his reaction to the news that the ship's captain could earn tens of thousands of Euros selling his story to the media. We also hear from the Italian lawyer leading one of the class action suits against the ships owners Carlo Rienzi.

Libyans went to the polls on Saturday and Rana Jawad joined us from Tripoli as the celebrations continued into the evening. Two experts on Libya discussed what this could mean for the country in the years to come.

China plans to open a cultural theme park outside the ancient city of Lhasa in Tibet. Professor Robbie Barnett, the Director of Modern Tibetan Studies at Columbia University outlined the risks of the project to the country.

And for our regular visit to New York we're joined by broadcaster Mark Riley and veteran sportswriter Mark Roden for a knockabout hour of stories from the other side of the 'Pond'.

We're adding another tune to the Virtual Jukebox and Mark Webster is Dotun's sparring partner tonight, but which record has that knockout hook?

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