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Last broadcast on Tue, 25 Jan 2011, 13:05 on BBC World Service (see all broadcasts).
Synopsis
AFTERMATH OF THE BRAZILIAN MUDSLIDES
Fifteen year old Pedro tells Matthew Bannister about being rescued from the mudslides by his father Magno de Jesus Andrade, and his father describes how he had to break Pedro's leg in order to save his life. Also, we hear from Mauricio Berlim who runs an undertakers in Teresopolis and has helped hundreds of people to identify the bodies of their loved ones.
THE ROMA PEOPLE
Tessa Dunlop reports on the fate of the Roma people who were forced out of France last summer and have ended up living back in Romania.
HEATHER CIROTA
Heather Cirota tells Matthew about her life as a shadcan, or traditional Jewish matchmaker, helping young people in Jerusalem's ultra orthodox Haredi community to find a partner. She explains why she believes that it's her human intuition that matches couples so successfully.
Broadcasts
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Mon 24 Jan 201122:05
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Tue 25 Jan 201103:05
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Tue 25 Jan 201110:05
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Tue 25 Jan 201113:05