Heroes and Villains
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 24 May 2012
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Portia Walker: optimism in Yemen has been punctured by a devastating bomb blast in the capital. Alan Johnston: a state funeral has taken place in Sicily to honour a man who dared to take on the Mafia - and paid the ultimate price. Laura Trevelyan: the town in Mexico which has grown rich on the profits of sex trafficking. Matthew Teller: how the authorities in the Saudi capital Riyadh have transformed a public rubbish tip into lush parkland complete with lakes and walkways. and Bethany Bell: why the people of Vienna, who live in one of the world's most desirable capital cities, still seem to have plenty to moan about.
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| 0:18.3 | presenting the BBC Radio 4 edition here's Kate 80 Today, a state funeral's underway in Sicily, they're honoring a man who lost his life, taking on the mafia. |
| 0:29.0 | Gaudy mansions in green and orange, a Mexican town grown rich on the profits of sex trafficking. |
| 0:34.7 | The Saudi's billion dollar park scheme, it's having unexpected consequences. |
| 0:39.6 | And they live in one of the world's finest cities. |
| 0:42.3 | So how come the Viennese are world |
| 0:43.9 | champions at grumbling, moaning and winging? The Italian Premier Mario |
| 0:48.9 | Mario Monte yesterday called for a fight without mercy against the mafia. He was speaking as |
| 0:54.4 | thousands of people gathered in Sicily to mark the 20th anniversary of the |
| 0:58.2 | killing of the senior judge Giovanni Falcone. The judge's murder in a bomb attack marked a turning point in the authorities' war against |
| 1:06.3 | the mafia. |
| 1:07.3 | In the decades since, there have been many arrests, though the gangsters still wield considerable |
| 1:11.9 | influence, and Sicily continues to be associated |
| 1:15.2 | with them. |
| 1:16.2 | Alan Johnston's been to one town which in the world's imagination at least is forever linked |
| 1:20.8 | with the mafia. |
| 1:22.2 | The scene is the immigration reception centre on Ellis Island, New York, |
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