This week on World Stories, tradition meets the modern age. Brazil is a world leader in franchising of all kinds, whether fast food or car rentals. Fast food and sweets are replacing the traditional Bedouin meat-and-rice diet and causing diabetes in Qatar. Liberian journalist Wade Williams takes a stand against social injustice, and in Bulgaria, older women take up cheerleading to stay fit.
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