Rear Vision
We tease out the complex history behind those baffling events in the news.
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4 Episodes of this Podcast:
2009-11-18 Libya
Published: 2009-11-17 09:00:00Sixty years ago this week, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution that Libya should become an independent nation. Rear Vision looks at the post-colonial history of this oil-rich nation, most of it spent under the dictatorship of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi.
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2009-11-11 The Pope and the Anglicans
Published: 2009-11-10 09:00:00The surprise announcement last month that disgruntled Anglicans, including married priests, would be allowed to enter full communion with the Catholic Church appeared to stun both Catholics and Anglicans alike. Rear Vision looks at the history of the relationship between these two strands of the Christian faith and the background to the Pope's offer.
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2009-11-04 Dreams of peace: the Philippines
Published: 2009-11-03 09:00:00The roots of the four decade long Muslim insurgency in the Southern Philippines lie centuries ago, when the islands of Sulu and Mindanao were sultanates. Peace remains a dream in this largely Catholic nation.
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2009-10-28 `Not flash, just Gordon´
Published: 2009-10-27 10:00:00When Gordon Brown took over from Tony Blair he promised to put an end to spin but it seems that British voters aren't happy with the substance he offered instead.
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