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World Service,02 May 2012,10 mins

Pakistan and Egypt

From Our Own Correspondent

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Pascale Harter presents stories from Ilyas Khan in Pakistan and Stephen Sackur in Egypt. It is exactly a year since American special forces found the world's most wanted man- Osama Bin Laden- in Abbottabad in Pakistan. He had reportedly been living there quietly for years. But Ilyas Khan speaks to Pakistanis who saw him take a trip outside of his compound. Stephen Sackur has fallen for a TV celebrity chef in Egypt. Ghalia Mahmoud has risen to fame after being plucked from employment as a maid and placed in front of a camera. Her cooking shows are proving very popular.

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