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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ revisits New Orleans and invites locals to have their say
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World Have Your Say, the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service interactive radio and online debate programme, returns to New Orleans to broadcast live from the public radio conference PRNDI on Thursday 19 July at noon local time.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ presenter Ros Atkins will speak to local residents and listeners across the world in the one-hour broadcast from the Royal Sonesta Hotel.
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Visitors to the World Have Your Say website bbc.co.uk/blogs/worldhaveyoursay can listen to the show live, share their views or suggest new topics for discussion.
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"New Orleans is very precious to us," says Ros Atkins.
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"We first came in March 2006 to broadcast live from the Preservation Hall just seven months after Katrina. It gave us a great opportunity to hear the real story from people living through the aftermath of the devastating hurricane.
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"Again, we are in the heart of New Orleans to find out what has happened to residents two years on and to share their human stories with five million ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ listeners in the US and millions more across the world."
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Audiences can share their views with World Have Your Say by sending an email to: worldhaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk or calling: +44 20 70 83 72 72 or by sending an SMS to: +44 77 86 20 60 80.
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ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Presenter Ros Atkins and World Have Your Say Editor Mark Sandell are available for interview between 4 and 5pm after the live broadcast on Thursday 19 July at the Royal Sonesta Hotel.
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