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World Service,13 Feb 2004,35 mins

Shipping - the new revolution

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A round up of this week's broadcasts on the BBC World Service. Global Business provides an insight into the world's sea lanes and how China's factories are fuelling a demand for raw materials and in turn the ships to transport them. Also, attitudes to French law on religious symbols, the Beatles first visit to the US, and the art of whistling.

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