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India: the biggest blackout in history

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This week we head to India, where we count the cost incurred by the biggest blackout in history, affecting more than half a billion people. Next, UN officials investigate a recent spate of inter-communal violence in Burma that killed dozens. Finally, an unlikely tourist destination in Cambodia invites visitors to relive a chapter from the country's dark and no-so-distant past.

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