18/06/2011
Kate Adie presents correspondents' stories from Somalia, China, Poland, the USA and Nepal.
The ultimate failed state. That's what some call Somalia in the Horn of Africa. Peter Greste is in the capital Mogadishu, perhaps the most dangerous city in the world. He's finding out why thousands of Somalis are leaving homes in the country and flooding in to the city? Another mass migration's going on in China. But, as Julianna Liu tells us, difficulties can lie ahead for the country people heading for town in search of a better life. Paul Henley's been looking at an economic boom that's lifting parts of Poland; one port city's described as the Sydney and Dubai of the Baltic. The worst drought in fifty years has hit Texas. Jonny Dymond finds one rancher whose fortunes are suffering -- but he says he's battling on: it's the American way. And she's called the Miss Marple of the Himalayas; Joanna Jolly meets the woman who keeps climbers in Nepal roped to the truth.
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Duration: 00:27
Somalia's starving driven into violent Mogadishu
Despite reports the crisis in Somalia is easing after a 20-year war, the reality for the terrified and hungry population is very different, Peter Greste finds.
Duration: 05:17
My country cousin struggling in Shanghai
Juliana Liu is reunited with her cousin in China who is struggling to make ends meet in Shanghai, held back by an "archaic" society.
Duration: 05:43
Poland shedding communist past
Paul Henley returns to Poland and finds a country in economic and social boom.
Duration: 05:25
Rancher's 'all-American' hope
A drought is destroying the harvest in the southern US, but one Texan rancher remains optimistic that his fortunes will improve, as Jonny Dymond discovers.
Duration: 05:36
Nepal's Himalayan record keeper
Joanna Jolly meets the American octogenarian whose word is final for Himalayan climbers.
Duration: 05:04
Broadcast
- Sat 18 Jun 2011 11:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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