How The World Looked On January 13, 1999.

By Gordonskene — January 13, 2011

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News of the day for January 13, 1999 as presented by The BBC World Service program Newshour. Reports from Brazil on the financial crisis. News on continued fighting around Kosovo. The sex scandal of Anwar Ibrahim of Kuala Lumpur and fears the Great Barrier Reef in Australia was dying.

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