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A pick of this week's programmes broadcast on the Â鶹Éç World Service. On Assignment visits the Aswan High Dam and Lake Nasser, the world's largest man-made lake which extends from Egypt into Sudan. From Japan some lyrical thoughts on life and death, our correspondent in Manila John McClain impersonates a well-known singer, a blue nun, slavery in East Asia today, and a sentimental story from China.