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Girl's Ballet School in Syria

How life goes on for young ballerinas in a suburb of Damascus.

How life goes on for young ballerinas in a suburb of Damascus. A young Haitian woman rebuilds her life in New York after fleeing the 2010 earthquake in her homeland. We’ll also hear about Hollywood’s decades-old relationship with America’s top spy agency, the CIA.

(Image: Young ballerinas at their ballet class, Credit: Emma LeBlanc)

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Sun 20 Jan 2013 23:32GMT
BBC World Service Online

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  • Sat 19 Jan 2013 00:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sun 20 Jan 2013 10:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online
  • Sun 20 Jan 2013 23:32GMT
    BBC World Service Online

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