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World Service,23 Jun 2000,12 mins
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Baraks saves shaky coalition
Reporting ReligionAvailable for over a year
Barak persuades the ultra orthodox party Shas to not pull out of the coalition by conceding to the relgious party's demands, including state funding for its schools. Also on the programme: triumph and despair in northern Nigeria as another state introudces Islamic law and Japan is condemned as fascist for moves to outlaw cults.
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