Japanese gangsters go good samaritan

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Japanese gangsters known as “yakuza” have been taking on an unfamiliar role – a humanitarian one. They have been handing out blankets, water, toiletries and food to disaster victims. Anchor Marco Werman talks to Tokyo-based author and journalist Jake Adelstein to find out more. Download MP3

Abdul Rashid Dostum returns from Turkey

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General Abdul Rashid Dostum, an ex-warlord and President Hamid Karzai’s former chief of staff, returned to Afghanistan today. He had been living in exile in Turkey. Dostum is the leader of Afghanistan’s Uzbek community. The World’s Jeb Sharp reports. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh). >>> See a BBC profile of Afghanistan’s ethnic communities.