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Crime Protests in Argentina
The killing that galvanised Argentina; India's independence movement; 麻豆社 spaghetti hoax.
In April 2004, the death of a 23-year-old student called Alex Blumberg sparked a wave of protests in Argentina. The demonstrations were led by his father and demanded a tough government response to rising crime.
Also in this week's programme, the independence movement in 1940s India; how Edward VIII coped with life after abdication; and the day the 麻豆社 pretended spaghetti grew on trees.
Picture: Posters of Alex Blumberg, Credit: AFP
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