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Young people in Iraq are living through a dangerous war, resiliently maintaining a sense of humour and optimism. On their blogs they talk of the profound and the mundane; dodging bombs on their way to school and trying to study without any electricity.
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Henry West is 62 and for the past 15 years he has dedicated himself to the sport of amateur bodybuilding. He has been unrelenting in his devotion to this physical pursuit and his efforts have paid off.
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Aspire to dance: Dance to inspire. It's never too late as we discover when we visit a small hall in a Masonic Centre in suburban Sydney. It has been the home of the Glyn and Moriarty Ballroom Dance Studio for 23 years. This is no ordinary studio though, Alan Glyn and Joan Moriarty have been teaching for 42 years. They have even taught teenagers who are now mothers, and their daughters are now learning as teenagers!
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Late one November night last year, as millions of Australians were either drowning their sorrows or wildly celebrating Kevin Rudd's electoral victory, 22 year old arts/law student, blogger and stand up comic Luke Ryan was alone in an hospital emergency room being delivered crushing news. The cancer he had beaten as a child had come back.
Series Producer
Claudia Taranto
Sunday 11 January 2009
There's a lot of everyday poverty going around among single parents. It's often felt by people who never expected to be poor but who find themselves sliding daily deeper into debt; buying the groceries on the credit card and moving into smaller houses or flats. Even doing the unthinkable and living without a car. They're mainly women. Some work outside the home; some don't but almost all struggle.
Get creative and enter the My Street competition. Record your story on a mobile phone, mp3 player, still or video camera and upload it to the My Street site on Pool.
Find out the truth to the ongoing question 'Are foxes in Tasmania?'
See how the dress makes the dance in this ballroom video.
10am AEDT
The Music Show
with Andrew Ford
A mix of music, interviews and the latest developments in music
