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World Service,25 Jan 2001,12 mins
Nigeria condemned for flogging 17-year-old pregnant girl Â
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The United Nations Children's Funds condemned the punishment under Sharia law in northern Nigeria. Also on the programme: the Kumbh Mela festival breaks all records and the sacred Buddhist bell that may be raised from a river bed after 400 years.
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