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Wednesday, 3 October 2007, 11:52 am
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KiwiFM Audio: Wallace and Beirut Correspondent Rami Zurayk

KiwiFM Audio: Wallace Chapman talks to Rami Zurayk from Beirut. The question: ‘Why is Syria so involved in Lebanon?’

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