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World Service,10 Mar 2004,35 mins

Mauritania's fat farms

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A round up of this week's broadcasts on the 麻豆社 World Service. Being force fed or fattened up for marriage in a fat farm in Mauritania, although it is on the decline, many young girls are still made to over eat. Also the role of the US in the world in Edge of Empire, Amy Tan is the guest on World Book Club, the story of a a quilt, the cost of bird flu in Thailand and From Our Own Correspondent in Davos.

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