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Outlook

Extraordinary personal stories from around the world with Matthew Bannister, Monday to Thursday. For more information please visit www.bbcworldservice.com/outlook

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  • Outlook 29.05.12:

    Tue, 29 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

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    The Canadian man who keeps a polar bear in his back garden, the Sardinian chef who cooks the best food in Antarctica and the man who was sentenced to death for refusing to fight for the Nazis.

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  • The man who became a symbol of police brutality towards Black people in America.

    Mon, 28 May 12

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    27 mins

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    Matthew Bannister in conversation with Rodney King, the Black motorist who was beaten up by four white police officers in Los Angeles 21 years ago. The film of the beatings caused outrage around the world, and the acquittal of the police officers in 1992 led to riots in which more than 50 people died. Rodney King became a symbol of police brutality towards Black people, and the incident has taken its place in the history of the American civil rights movement. He talks to Matthew Bannister about how the experience changed his life.

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  • Bosnian concentration camp survivor twenty years on

    Thu, 24 May 12

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    27 mins

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    Kemal Pervanic goes back twenty years to remember how his village was attacked by the Bosnian Serb army and he ended up in the Omarska concentration camp. Also, two star linguists - James Whinnery learned to speak Arabic in five months for a TV challenge, while Mary Hobson took up Russian in her fifties and now in her eighties translates Russian literature.

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  • The Greek doctor helping those who can't afford treatment

    Wed, 23 May 12

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    The Greek doctor who's using the skills she learned in disaster zones to help her fellow citizens who can't afford treatment. Also the celebrity psychologist who's addicted to exercise, on how he hid a secret second family. And we meet the last iceman of Ecuador, chipping away at the glaciers of the high Andes...

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  • The Dalit who became one of India's most successful businesswomen.

    Tue, 22 May 12

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    In this edition, Kalpana Saroj, the Dalit woman who rose above unpromising beginnings to build one of India's most successful business empires. We also hear the story of parents in Northern Ireland who willingly delivered up their sons to be subjected to punishment shootings. And the singing Friar - Italian Brother Alessandro Brustenghi on unexpected stardom.

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  • Marian Partington whose sister was murdered by the Wests

    Mon, 21 May 12

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    Marian Partington whose sister Lucy was murdered by serial killers Fred and Rosemary West, describes how she has tried to make sense of what happened to her sister and to find forgiveness and ultimately peace. And the story of a young Masai man from Kenya’s lowlands who is aiming for the top in spot of opposition from members of his own tribe

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  • One of the athletes who raised the black power salute in the 1968 Olympics

    Thu, 17 May 12

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    27 mins

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    Matthew Bannister brings you the story of an iconic Olympic protest. During the 1968 Games in Mexico City, two black American sprinters sparked controversy after raising the black power salute. One of those athletes - John Carlos - came into the Outlook studio and told us how meetings with civil rights activists Malcolm X and Martin Luther King inspired him to take a stand.

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  • An Ecuadorian immigrant takes on the Spanish banks.

    Wed, 16 May 12

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    On the latest edition of Outlook we hear from an Ecuadorian immigrant who's leading a rebellion against Spanish banks, a British teenager who's just won a place at Russia's world famous Bolshoi ballet school and one of the few Afghan women to be a village head.

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  • The man who risks his life to rescue orphans who have fled from North Korea into China

    Tue, 15 May 12

    Duration:
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    Kim Hee Tae, the man who risks his life and liberty to rescue orphans who have fled from North Korea into China. Also, the Spaniard who lost his job in construction and went back to his roots in farming; and doing the rounds with one of New York's few remaining "seltzer men," who deliver fizzy water door to door.

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  • Spanish veterans protest about economic austerity.

    Mon, 14 May 12

    Duration:
    27 mins

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    The veterans who campaigned against Franco's rule in Spain explain why protesting against economic austerity is keeping them young. And an Australian woman tells how killing a pedestrian in a road accident had a devastating impact on her life.

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