From Our Own Correspondent Episodes Episode guide
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Catalonia and Somalia
Catalan opinions on independence; a visit to a Somali psychiatric hospital
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Weekend Edition 1 March 2014: Home Comforts
Stories of domestic dramas and the stuff of everyday life from around the world
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Ukraine and Mexico
What Ukraine's Russians fear from Maidan; Mexico captures its most wanted drug lord
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Italy and Canada
Interviewing a convicted murderer; A student's journey from Kandahar to Canada.
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Syria and Ethiopia
Two sides of the Syrian prison system; the urban hyenas of Addis Ababa.
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Iraq and Kazakhstan
The other Saddam Husseins of Iraq; Image consciousness in Kazakhstan
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Challenging preconceptions of the Middle East, in Lebanon and Gaza
Hezbollah's heartland in Beirut; journalists in Gaza with more to discuss than politics
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Africa
Reports from the Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, Djibouti and Madagascar
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Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe at 90
Looking back on 34 years in power as Robert Mugabe turns 90.
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Central African Republic and Japan
Sectarian tensions rising in Bangui; Sino-Japanese attitudes to past conflict
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England and Malaysia
UK floods threaten homes, and attitudes towards bodily functions in Malaysia
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From Bosnia to Bollywood
Protesters in Sarajevo; on the set of a Bollywood blockbuster
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US and Zanzibar
Looking for signs of recovery in Maryland; Zanzibar's answer to soviet-era social housing
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How Violence Shapes Society
From Sri Lanka, to Northern Ireland and war-torn Syria how has violence shaped societies?
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Economy: Spain and the US
The familial safety net in recession-hit Barcelona; and is anything still made in the US?
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USA and Kenya
School shooting drills in New York; a penitent poacher in Kenya
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Sri Lanka and China
Death of Sri Lanka journalist Mel Gunasekera; how different is Confucianism from Judaism?
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Northern Ireland
How much has really changed in Northern Ireland since the Good Friday Agreement?
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Spain and Denmark
Faltering popularity for the Spanish Royal Family; Robot hoovers in Denmark.
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The Correspondents' Animal Menagerie
From slavery in the Thai fishing industry to a camel beauty contest in Abu Dhabi
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Camels and Culture
Good cheekbones are key to winning a camel beauty contest
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Egypt and Belize
An Egyptian train journey with supporters of Abdel Fatah al-Sissi; Belize's 'royal rat'
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Pakistan and Afghanistan
When is a drone not a drone? And, face-to-face with an Afghan warlord
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Geneva and New Delhi
Progress report on the Syria peace talks; car horn culture in the Indian capital
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Labours of Love in Greece and Syria
Taking pride in work in recession-hit Athens; A modern-day Romeo and Juliet in Damascus
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Change in Africa
Change in Africa, from pioneering agriculture to new sources of income, or armed conflict
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Searching for an Identity in Ukraine and Kazakhstan
Among protestors in central Kiev; and the Kazakhs reconnecting with their shamanic roots
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Guyana's scurrilous calypsos - and China's culinary heritage
Controversy swirls over "censorship" in Georgetown; a delicious museum visit in Hangzhou
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Under the Gun in Central America - and in Syria
Violence burgeons across Central America; Syrians trapped in Turkey yet metres from home
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Syria and France
Watching the war from a Damascus balcony; taking a municipally-funded shower in Toulouse