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Breaking the silence around Aids was a dominant theme at the recent 13th International Aids Conference in Durban. This is echoed in Britain by Cara, a charity that provides a safe house where those affected by HIV/Aids can discuss anything and everything.

Also in today's programme: how the Corrymeela Community in Northern Ireland tries to unite a divided province; two new books about the importance of ritual in the spiritual life of women; dispute in Israel between Orthordox and more liberal Jews; the plight of 100,000 refugees on the Thai-Burma border.