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witnesses. to history in the making of. testimony. ten stories that shapes two thousand and eleven on our t.v. . here without a recap of our top stories egypt is working to shape its post-revolutionary future bar establishing relations abroad as the country's foreign minister heads to. britain considers measures to protect itself from the potential demise of the u.s. the plans reportedly include restricting cash flows and even closing borders. the controversial trial starts in russia as prosecutors seek to ban a version of the main book of the harry krishna movement being extremist the move to cause an outcry among india's it's complete. we visit
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a world renowned ship breaking sites in bangladesh workers risk life and limb as they wrestle with thousands of tons of on a special report something. like a chromo started working here when he was twelve. i'll do it again the flames gone out. ask him to open the top up. he is now turning his brother. chr.
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could short of the beginning like that out. of the pipe first. yeah just like that. and yeah you know. a.
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game two months and seven days have passed since we met bell while cooking for his brother he tells us is secret. i me now take the secret to the grave you're the first to hear this. i've never told anyone i'll be ashamed if people knew i knew you may not believe me but my grandmother forced me to get married. my wife is from a very poor family but she's gorgeous. you'll be surprised if you see or she's amazingly beautiful but she is poor and she came to me was only a cloth no doubt. i've been married for two years but nobody knows about it you know i wasn't ready to be a father all of a sudden she got pregnant at that age when was that i heard that the baby was born
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last thursday. i'm going to be sure that it. isn't it me it's a baby girl but it was born blind in both eyes. because my wife to eat well nutrition made the baby like that.
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even hearing the said needs couldn't go. instead he joined the night shift to earn a few more cents. the night shift of ten hours brings in an extra fifteen cents so. some rest a bit. i'm exhausted. you know how to run a rickshaw of course i do when i was young my dad went in saying. well could i do
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but i had to support my family. so i went to the city and ran a rickshaw because i supported my family with that though and that of my when there were no ships here i ran rickshaw to. run i one day my daughter said to one of daddy can't you start running the rec shot with the ship so back go back to the yard she was ashamed when people call or work show man's daughter. so you understand that i live like this because i had no chance to learn. or does education mean to people like us. we are poor but if i had the chance to learn i wouldn't live like this as a ship breaker. me too. we're in the same situation.
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you will pay me for the extra work right. no i can't what's not today do you want me to die. take it i'll give you the rest later. how can i pay you all at once you know. i want everyone to get outta here.
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today. after an advance of ten dollars had been deducted. wondering now whether i should pay this bill to the grocery or feed my children first. thirty five dollars this isn't bad at all. well.
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every day is to go to the forest and gather firewood.
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since this is what he earns. carrying a heavy burden. apology is string. where's my son more. i'm sure come here son i've got no.
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and. why did you put that on it looks nice. because i don't. and i'm not going to that my son will become a doctor but i know he will. look. but.
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finally can go home. which entails four days of traveling. there is fertile land along the river but cyclons and floods cause havoc for many families. for the brothers it's their first visit in six months this year. i come from barbara in takes two or three days to get there but i'm so happy to be
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on my way home i can see my parents and brothers. now they hear that i'm coming and that everyone is wondering when i will arrive at their super in my hometown what even the roads are very rough. you know are you married yet no no yet. let's see i'm already a father. i know that. i think you look great though i. know i give some money to a broker to go abroad ripped off so i eventually didn't go how much was it fifteen hundred dollars. like many other villagers have left right yes some of left and others will leave soon what about show heads not yet i don't think is moma let him go is our only son you know foreign countries are not paradise is sometimes i
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regret it too. i. only get. what's the use of crying. their eyes are just running they're blind makes
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or crying. one of those. mind about.
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the. show me your hands while you must be working hard. life is hard isn't it and. let's go to chittagong together what do you think tell me honestly. already rented a house for us. you'll cry if i leave. ok. you want to come with me. i will show you all how i break the ship into pieces you know. i don't need to see that you can do that every day.
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well but when my son asked me one day mom how could one change his destiny without money no piece of land no money my husband early has a job will be for hard life stay by day. and. i want to bring the baby to the hospital and doctor but there's no money. you. make it. through.
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three. feet. what can we do about your destiny. i cannot sleep every night whining about to. take care of yourself. don't cry for the people who should get over it.
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soon. lose. you.
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oh. good. one year later some new faces a scene at p.h.p. . among them is bell's father. he is pulling his cables in
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chains because he doesn't have any skills. have been two months since i came here. oh. my two sons work here too. i came here with some folks from my hometown. hard work but hopefully things will be better soon. unless i'm both working the night shift for ten years has been dreaming of saving
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seven hundred dollars and opening a small shop in his hometown. but his dream didn't come true. the smallest it has settled in p.h.p. after a year is grown beyond recognition. i'm doing fine with my uncle and friends from home and they also enjoy travelling here and there. to count money i can work here and make money i send the money home so my family can eat well this is happiness for me you know. the skilled gas boards an old ship with fellow laborers today life goes on.
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what is no. more than sixty square kilometers of the station
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and those are still surprisingly. i'm finding. it's getting bad out here. not saying. you know. what's going on. on crete.
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please. please please please. please
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