From Our Own Correspondent Episodes Episode guide
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Weekend Edition 23 March 2013: Surprising encounters
Personal stories from Burma, Bangladesh, the Amazon, New York City and cowboy country.
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Karachi and Kansas
Shahzeb Jillani returns to a dangerous Pakistani city; Sarfraz Manzoor meets a film legend
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Pakistan and India: Identity politics
How sectarian violence still plagues Lahore; why Rajasthanis are queuing up for new IDs.
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Zimbabwe and Egypt
A new constitution can't lift a pall of fear; why Egypt's railways still dice with death.
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Burma, the USA and Israel
Tough at the top, the challenges of leadership for Aung San Suu Kyi and President Obama.
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Brazil and Lebanon
Exploring prehistoric rock art in Monte Alegre; meeting Maronite hermits around Qannoubine
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Weekend Edition 16 March 2013: Remarkable People
Pascale Harter introduces personal stories from Russia, South Africa, Nepal and Lebanon.
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Austerity in South Sudan and historical amnesia in Japan
Richard Nield on signs of a cash crunch in Juba; Mariko Oi queries Tokyo's history lessons
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Bangladesh and Pakistan
Why 1971's news still roils Bangladeshis today; how chaos might feed literary creativity.
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Turkey and Tunisia
What might Erdogan and Ocalan have in common? And is hope or fear winning out in Tunisia?
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The Vatican's needs and Sweden's city on the move
Allan Little on why Catholics want "a pastoral man" for Pope; Steve Vickers visits Kiruna.
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A personal take on homophobia in Russia
Paul Henley on the trials of being a gay correspondent reporting on anti-homosexual views.
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Weekend Edition 9 March 2013: The Hard Numbers
Personal stories from Uganda, Guatemala, Mexico, India, Georgia and Western Australia.
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Georgia and Austria: Dealing with dictators
60 years on Stalin is commemorated by some; but few remember Hitler in his birthplace.
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Australia鈥檚 mining boom and Aboriginal lands
Neil Trevithick in Western Australia, where land is rich in memories as well as minerals.
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Bulgaria, Iraq and Britain
Nick Thorpe on the protests rocking Sofia and Kevin Connolly on what's in Iraq's future.
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Mexico and Portugal
Meeting "La Maestra" doesn't go to plan; plus the young Portuguese leaving home in droves
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Guatemala and Canada
How Mexico's drug wars are spreading south; why Canadians have concerns about free trade.
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Weekend Edition
Pascale Harter presents dispatches from Australia, Kenya, India, Thailand and France
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Kenya special: coastal grudges and youth superheroes
The roots of today's divides in Kenya; Natasha Breed on a way to avert clashes
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India special: College corruption and cold in Calcutta
Personal stories, insight and wit from Craig Jeffrey in Meerut and the 麻豆社's Rahul Tandon.
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Syria and Greece
The human and urban wreckage of civil war around Aleppo; the migrants keen to leave Patras
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A little-known insurgency in Thailand, plus the price of limes in a rich Australia
An unheralded rebellion in Thailand, plus unintended consequences of wealth in Australia.
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Uganda鈥檚 rising prices and anger at immigration in Singapore
Dispatches on rising inflation in Uganda and anger over newcomers in Singapore.
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Planes, trains and horse-drawn carts
The pick of recent personal stories and dispatches from correspondents around the world.
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Nepotism in Italy and France鈥檚 rugby shrine
Stories on nepotism in Italian universities and a church in France devoted to rugby.
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Preventing a deadly disease and a vegetarian visits a slaughterhouse
Efforts to prevent sickle-cell disease and a visit to a Romanian slaughterhouse.
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Dominic Brunt, Graham Gouldman and the Computer Clinic
Bernie chats to Dominic Brunt about his new film, Before Dawn.
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The baton wavers of Japan and a return to Kenya
Stories on the strange jobs that prop up Japan鈥檚 economy and a reporter returns to Kenya.
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America - fighting in the Philippines and welcoming immigrants at home
Joining US forces in the Philippines plus the story of a poignant reunion in New York