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DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

More than 200 deaths from swine flu have been recorded in just over a month. The respiratory disease - H1N1 - has broken out across the country with more than …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Sri Lanka is one of a few places in the world where the pygmy blue whale can be seen all year round. Thousands of tourists flock there in the hope …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Across the world, India has the highest suicide rate: one out of every three suicides is committed on the subcontinent. That's according to a decade-long study recently published by the …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Rice farmers in Vietnam impacted by climate change - Deforestation in Bolivia - Learning in the Australian outback - Restoring dignity to acid attack victims in Pakistan


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

One woman in Pakistan has become an unlikely hero for survivors of acid attacks, which leave victims badly injured and disfigured. She's helping them find work and hope in her …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

On this week's show: The diary shedding light on torture abuses in Guantanamo Bay and the Pakistani torture victim taking on the CIA. Plus Kurdish literature, Snowmageddon and music from …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

Magicians, snake charmers and jugglers used to be a common sight on India's streets, but tighter security measures and a lack of regulation have seen them gradually disappear. Roadside magician …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

We take a closer look at how exciting new French technology is helping purify contaminated drinking water in remote villages in West Bengal.


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

India's unstoppable space ambition: students are building a satellite to predict earthquakes. We speak to Professor Ron Fouchier on the challenges of influenza research, and we've a computer that speaks …


DW: Deutsche Welle · 2 June 2015 English

This week we look at the UK's bombshell elections, two Middle Eastern migrants recount their harrowing journey into Spain, and how saving Nepal's monuments spells healing after the earthquake. We …