15/09/2012
Kate Adie presents reports from 大象传媒 foreign correspondents, including the lessons history offers about foreign intervention in Syria, and spirits raised by a cow dung festival.
Kevin Connolly suggests that two deaths in the Middle East, eight hundred years and eight hundred miles apart, offer lessons on the wisdom of foreign intervention in Syria.
Alan Johnston's been to a building in Rome they call the Palace of Shame where hundreds of migrants live with time on their hands to consider the difficulties of finding a dream life in Europe.
Some of the millions who left Zimbabwe as the country fell into violence and poverty have started to make their way back. But Jenny Cuffe's been discovering that not all are being welcomed home with open arms.
Nick Thorpe -- knocked off his bike in Budapest -- has had an unexpected opportunity to take a close look at the Hungarian health service.
And the economic crisis may have hit Ireland hard. But Kieran Cooke, in Blacksod Bay, County Mayo, has been learning that people are still determined to have some fun.
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Introduction
Duration: 00:30
'Palace of shame'
Alan Johnston in Rome meets some of the refugees tragically caught up in the labyrinth of Italy's bureaucracy.
Duration: 05:50
800 years of intervention
Kevin Connolly says international diplomats seeking an end to the violence in Syria could learn much from the long history of foreign interest in the country.
Duration: 06:04
Bittersweet homecoming
Zimbabweans returning after several years abroad do not always receive a warm welcome - as Jenny Cuffe explains, it depends how much money they bring back.
Duration: 05:20
Hospitalised in Hungary
Nick Thorpe experiences the Hungarian health service first-hand after being thrown from his bike in Budapest.
Duration: 04:54
'Cow-dung bingo'
On the west coast of Ireland, Kieran Cooke finds out about the more bizarre entertainments that take residents' minds off the economic crisis.
Duration: 05:30
Broadcast
- Sat 15 Sep 2012 11:30大象传媒 Radio 4 FM
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