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Chile: keeping in touch with the miners down below

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We meet with the families of the trapped Chilean miners, during the painful wait for their husbands, sons, and brothers to be rescued. In Mexico, we take a closer look at the brutal methods of the Zeta gang, which is believed to be behind the August murders of 72 migrants. And we go inside a majority Muslim neighbourhood in Toronto, where residents of all faiths live in harmony.

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