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Old Conflicts and New Drugs

Reality Check Today: Austrian soldiers injured in Kosovo, elections in Congo, panic stations in Brussels?, and the problem with generic drugs from India.

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Serbs gather near a road barricade in the village of Zupce, Kosovo

NATO peacekeeping soldiers, amongst them eight Austrian soldiers, were injured in northern Kosovo yesterday when they attempted to remove a roadbloack put up by Serbs. Why the roadblock and why the violence that ensued? Steve Crilley spoke to Balkan expert Nick Thorpe to find out...

EUROZONE Summit
As European finance ministers get together in Brussels today, the water-cooler topic in financial districts around the world is can they save the Euro? Does it need to be saved? Steve Crlley spoke with FM4 Brussels correspondent Vanessa Mock...

EUROZONE What If It all Goes Belly Up?
What would the likely scenerario, for an average citizen, be if the Eurozone crumbled apart? Short question--a very interesting an detailed answer is what Joanna King got from economist Sebastien Dullien, who is one of the authors of a newly published book called "Decent Capitalism: A Blueprint for Reforming our Economies".

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A Congolese voter stamps her finger print after voting for the presidential election at a polling station in the capital Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

It’s the 11th largest country in the world with an area of more than 2.3 million km2. With 63,000 polling stations for its presidential and parliamentary elections, it’s not surprising that there are some glitches. Congo expert Dr Phil Clark assesses the situation.

India Patent Laws and Generics
India has quite a luctrative business manufacturing generic pharmaceuticals that are subject to strict patent laws in the West...but India may lose this lucrative business. Simon Reid-Henry from the University of London, explained why that is, to Steve Crilley.