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The End of Good Times in Australia and Moscow's Kiosk Clampdown
The end of Australia's mining boom and Moscow's efforts to limit street alcohol sales.
James Fletcher reports on the drop-off in motorcycle sales in Australia, a symptom of larger economic malaise as the country wakes up from a long period of 'boom' fuelled by its lucrative mining industry.
Over in Moscow, Martin Vennard finds a late-night takeaway beer is hard to find because of a clampdown on the country's popular kiosks. Limits on what kind of alcohol they can sell and when they can sell it have caused many traders to shut up shop.
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