Weekend Edition 7/01/2012
Owen Bennett Jones introduces the pick of recent despatches. We hear of those fleeing torture in Syria; a partial revival in Kabul; enduring tensions in Libya and some cracking political jokes.
Owen Bennett Jones introduces the pick of recent insight, wit and analysis from correspondents around the world. In this edition:
Mark Savage meets the Syrians fleeing torture and terror at home;
Allan Little explores the true value of a good political joke;
Lyse Doucet describes how the face of Kabul has changed over the last decade;
Tarik Kafala and Saleyha Ahsan find old memories and enduring tensions are very much alive in Libya;
Lorraine Mallinder explains why fur's been flying in the debate over Canada's national animal;
While Joanna Robertson meets the extremely pampered pooches of Paris.
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