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From Our Own Correspondent Episodes

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    Kenya and Mali

    Inaugural omens for Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi; an influx from the rural north in Bamako

  2. Weekend Edition 13 March 2013: Risky business

    French thieves, Ukrainian cats and the price of fish in Yemen.

  3. Enduring Mauritius and changing Marseille

    Lorraine Mallinder on an island haunted by its past; Mick Webb in a city buffing its image

  4. Japan and Colombia

    Two years on, what's the true toll of Fukushima? And why cosmetic surgery's so big in Cali

  5. Ukraine and Israel

    Meeting an ex-addict and prostitute turned HIV educator; exploring blunt Israeli manners

  6. National Heroes

    Is South Africa already in the post-Mandela era? And why do the French so admire a thief?

  7. Slovenia, Bulgaria and the UK

    Political and economic revolt in Ljubljana and Sofia; missing lambs in wintry Welsh hills

  8. Weekend Edition 6 April: Single ladies

    The pick of recent dispatches from Mali, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Malaysia.

  9. Swiss bedbugs and Italian trotting races

    Switzerland gets itchy about national service and Rome's chariot races run out of time.

  10. Mali and Angola

    With the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara and visiting Neto's grand mausoleum in Luanda

  11. Antarctica and India

    Even remote Deception Island can be full of tourists; why many Indians avoid sunbathing

  12. Germany and Bangladesh

    How trombones embody the secrets of German small business; one way out of poverty in Dhaka

  13. Malaysia and China

    Why some look askance at single women in Asia; the home of reformer Kang Youwei in Beijing

  14. Weekend Edition: Changing Landscapes

    The pick of recent dispatches from Mongolia, Sweden, Egypt, Pakistan, Japan and Colombia

  15. Up in the air

    A frequent flyer on Indian plane etiquette; a reporter bids goodbye to Quito's old airport

  16. Iraq and Colombia

    Why Iraqi Kurdistan wants more visitors; plus, meeting a desert smuggler with 27 children.

  17. UAE and Yemen

    Simon Atkinson wrestles with red tape in Dubai; Daniel Owen visits Al Ghaydah's fishmarket

  18. Mongolian minerals and Australian wine

    Justin Rowlatt unearths how an Asian mining boom began; Jim Carey follows Oz wine upmarket

  19. Western Sahara and India

    Celeste Hicks on Moroccan tactics in Laayoune; Anthony Denselow on the widows of Vrindavan

  20. Weekend Edition 23 March 2013: Surprising encounters

    Personal stories from Burma, Bangladesh, the Amazon, New York City and cowboy country.

  21. Karachi and Kansas

    Shahzeb Jillani returns to a dangerous Pakistani city; Sarfraz Manzoor meets a film legend

  22. Pakistan and India: Identity politics

    How sectarian violence still plagues Lahore; why Rajasthanis are queuing up for new IDs.

  23. Zimbabwe and Egypt

    A new constitution can't lift a pall of fear; why Egypt's railways still dice with death.

  24. Burma, the USA and Israel

    Tough at the top, the challenges of leadership for Aung San Suu Kyi and President Obama.

  25. Brazil and Lebanon

    Exploring prehistoric rock art in Monte Alegre; meeting Maronite hermits around Qannoubine

  26. Weekend Edition 16 March 2013: Remarkable People

    Pascale Harter introduces personal stories from Russia, South Africa, Nepal and Lebanon.

  27. 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

  28. Bangladesh and Pakistan

    Why 1971's news still roils Bangladeshis today; how chaos might feed literary creativity.

  29. Turkey and Tunisia

    What might Erdogan and Ocalan have in common? And is hope or fear winning out in Tunisia?

  30. 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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