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World Service,31 Aug 2009,50 mins

30/08/2009

Newshour

Available for over a year

Exit polls in Japan suggest the Liberal Democrats have lost the virtually uninterrupted grip on power they've enjoyed for half a century. We hear from Tokyo. Is there a link between coal-fired power stations and an increase in birth defects in northern India? We talk to a journalist who thinks there may be. And our correspondent on China's border with Burma tells about the Burmese refugees who've escaped fighting between Burmese troops and ethinc rebels.

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