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World Service,16 Sep 2004,13 mins

Burma or Myanmar

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An ident is a piece of audio that informing the viewer of which channel they're listening to and where. What is the point? What happens when a country has two names? We find out why the BBC uses Burma instead of Myanmar. Plus, Security correspondent, Frank Gardner was shot while in Saudi Arabia. We find out how he is recovering.

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