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Double Trouble

In Madagascar, twins are often separated, abandoned, and left to die.

This week on Dateline, Mark Davis investigates the bizarre tribal belief that twins are responsible for floods, poor crops, and poverty.

"Twins are evil... Twins are misfortune... Twins mean for them very bad things," explains the local mayor.

But Mark discovers a town orphanage that is challenging this old tradition.
 
Find out more this Sunday, 8:30pm on Dateline.


On air: 7th June 2009

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