In today’s program, we visit the village of the Philippines Hostage-Taker to find out what drove him to such a desperate act. Also Burmese sex workers don’t carry condoms to avoid arrest. And Indonesia hopes to become the Mecca of modern Islamic fashion.

In today’s program the Slow international response to floods in Pakistan leds to social unrest. Also we hear how Burma’s opposition parties are struggling to met election deadlines. And we met Indonesian’s gate-keeper of the countries most active volcano.