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Stories for Thursday, 17 May 2012
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The "Butcher of Bosnia"   
Produced by Marty McCarthy

This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the Bosnian War, where the Former Yugoslavia collapsed leaving countries like Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia fighting for land and independence.

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Juicers on the rise   
Produced by Sarah Spencer

A report released this morning revealed that the seizure of performance enhancing and body building drugs have reached an all time high in Australia. The number of detections increased in 2009-10 from 2695 to 5561 in the last year.

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Lake Eyre Native Title Handover   
Produced by Daniel Fitzgerald

The Arabunna people are to be proclaimed as the traditional owners of a huge portion of land in South Australia's North next Tuesday. The land includes the world’s largest salt lake, Lake Eyre and comprises almost one fifth of South Australia’s land mass.

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Is national, digital, Indigenous television helping or hurting?   
Produced by Wade Stephens

With SBS and NITV reaching an agreement on the back of the federal Government's $63 million injection into creating a new Indigenous channel, their national digital service will be rolled out by the end of this year. However, at the same time, there is the impending reality that all analog television stations will be switched off at the end of 2013, leaving many local stations out on a limb.

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Vietnam nightmare eased by writing   
Produced by Annie Hastwell

Barry heard went to fight in the Vietnam War at the age of 18. Like so many vets , the things that he saw and did there have stayed with him all his life, and had all but destroyed his life – until he decided to write a book.

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