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World Service,07 Aug 2003,13 mins

Weather Forecasts

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An appeal for more global weather forecasts from one of the 1.4 million people listening to the World Service in the UK. More correspondence on the comparative amounts of USA vs African news on the World Service. Would the use of comedy and drama broadcasts be good for HIV health education? Roy Head, Director of Health Unit in the World Service Trust responds and thinks its a really good idea. Reporter Stephen Sackur is accused of having a personal agenda in his programme about falling birth rates in Italy.

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