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World Service,15 Apr 2006,22 mins

The Legacy of Rosa Parks

From Our Own Correspondent

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An electoral breakthrough in the US, as a black politician considers the presidential race. A Chicago-based politician Barack Obama is considering standing for president in the week that civil rights campaigner Rosa Parks died. Also in the programme, doubts over Turkey's bid to join the EU, Liberia's Prince Johnson, and why thousands of people are leaving the Cook Islands.

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