20/08/2011
Joining Kate Adie are Mark Mardell, Washington; Bridget Kendall, Moscow; Robin Denselow in South Sudan; David Hargreaves in India and Karishma Vaswani in Indonesia.
'Politics at its most brutal, its most basic, democracy as a demolition derby.' That's Mark Mardell's view as he contemplates months of Republican infighting ahead of next year's presidential election. The Moscow coup of twenty years ago: Bridget Kendall, who was there during that eventful August back in 1991, says it could so easily have succeeded. The smiles seem to have faded somewhat in newly-independent South Sudan but Robin Denselow, just back from the capital Juba, says they still revere their cattle. David Hargreaves has been attending a spectacular riverside religious festival in central India and Karishma Vaswani's had to call in the Indonesian witch doctor after strange goings-on at her house in Djakarta.
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Introduction
Duration: 01:28
US Wacky Races
Mark Mardell looks at the race for the Republican Party nomination for next year's presidential election and reflects on how it reminds him of one of his favourite TV programmes as a child.
Duration: 05:47
The Moscow coup 20 years on
Bridget Kendall, who was in Moscow when the attempted coup of 1991 took place looks back and says it could so easily have succeeded.
Duration: 04:57
South Sudan rebels sing to cattle
Robin Denselow finds South Sudan is fighting to hold on to its cattle ranching traditions as raiders target camps in the new country.
Duration: 05:08
India's sacred river
David Hargreaves attends a spectacular riverside religious festival in central India.
Duration: 05:58
The two worlds of Indonesia
Karishma Vaswani has to call in the Indonesian witch doctor after strange goings-on at her house in Djakarta.
Duration: 05:53
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- Sat 20 Aug 2011 11:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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