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	Podcast:		Business Matters
	Episode:		State of Emergency Follows Bridge Collapse
	Category:		Business
	Duration:		00:52:24
	Publish Date:		2018-08-15 20:13:00
	Description:		With at least 38 dead, a state of emergency declared as Italy absorbs a disaster that many feel should not happen in a modern European country; the collapse of a major motorway bridge. We hear from Mark Hansford, editor of the New Civil Engineer magazine. New Zealand gets tough with foreigners trying to purchase homes there; we hear from David Parker, economic development minister. Mongolia is a global treasure trove of ancient dinosaur fossils buried under the Gobi desert and an open gold-mine for smugglers. Joshua Thorpe reports on Mongolia's efforts to keep the fossils at home. Madonna has turned 60 and she's still controversial and performing but is she also now an important symbol of female endurance in the world of pop? We talk to Fiona Sturges a freelance journalist writing for the Guardian newspaper And we're joined throughout the programme by two guests on opposite sides of the Pacific - Enda Curran, Chief Asia Economics Correspondent for Bloomberg in Hong Kong, and Alison Van Diggelen, host of radio programme Fresh Dialogues in San Francisco. Photo description: Morandi motorway bridge in Genoa after a section collapsed Photo credit: PIERO CRUCIATTI/AFP/Getty Images
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