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Japan and Saudi Arabia

Mariko Oi wonders about trust in Tokyo; Katy Watson joins a girls' night out in Riyadh

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Shops and shawls in India, ladies' night in Riyadh, and dementia in the Netherlands

Correspondents present personal stories from India, Burma, Saudi Arabia and Netherlands.

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The USA and Hong Kong

Owen Bennett Jones meets Grover Norquist the architect of America's 'pledge' on tax

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Soul-searching in India and Canadian native protests

Pascale Harter presents stories from India and Canada.

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Returning to Cambodia, and women in North Africa

Stories about a return to Cambodia and women going out after dark in North Africa.

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Living longer on a Greek island and Venice's Jewish cemetery

Stories on the long-lived inhabitants of a Greek island, and Venice's Jewish cemetery.

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A home for disabled patients in Kosovo, and Russians on holiday in Egypt

Stories on a home for mentally ill patients in Kosovo, and Russians on holiday.

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Weekend Edition 12 Jan 2013: Pristina and Phnom Penh Revisited

Highlights of the week: stories from Canada, Kosovo, Cambodia, Tunisia, Greece and Egypt

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The people who feel out of place in Kuwait, and eating meat in Italy

Stories on Kuwaiti residents without nationality, and on avoiding eating meat in Italy.

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South Africa and Italy

Lessons from a huge fire in Khayelitsha; controversy over where Garibaldi is really buried

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Iraq and India

What's Baghdad's notorious Al-Rasheed Hotel like today? Plus: English still means success

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France, Mali, Venezuela

Are we back to the bad old days of "Francafrique"? And how will life be after Chavez?

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18/01/2013

Insight, wit and analysis from ´óÏó´«Ã½ correspondents, journalists and writers from around ...

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Presidential questions in Venezuela, and learning English in India

The president who’s everywhere and nowhere, plus dispatches from Italy and India.

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Sweden and Hungary

Reindeer: the far-north survival kit for Saami nomads; plus Budapest's Ecseri flea market

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Mali, present and past

Stories on an unlikely alliance in Mali, and remembering a trip through the desert.

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Syria crisis

In Syria, the effects of war rages and people are shocked at the lack of international aid

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Chaos in Pakistan and Burns Night in Jamaica

Dispatches on the uncertain security situation in Pakistan and on Burns Night in Jamaica.

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Elections in Italy and crime in Georgia

Stories on the personalities running for office in Italy, and fear of crime in Georgia.

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Syria, Georgia, Italy, Sweden, Australia and Lithuania

From wombats in Australia to a prisoner release in Georgia, Pascale Harter presents.

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Chinese pollution, and seduction in France

Stories on pollution in China and a seduction coach for French men.

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Israel and Romania

What do the results of the Israeli elections mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's party?

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Brazil's shrinking Amazon forest + scrum at 35,000 feet

Logging still despoiling the rainforest in Uruara; deft diplomacy on a flight to Tel Aviv

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Iran and Sweden

What working for the ´óÏó´«Ã½ means for an Iranian; why Swedes know so much about each other

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Egypt's democracy deficit; culture wars in Hungary

Why are Egyptians still protesting against an elected government? Aleem Maqbool listens in

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Amazon farmers, Iranian journalists, and the Frenchmen learning the art of love

Stories about Amazon farmers, Iranian journalists, and Frenchmen learning the art of love.

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South African bling and American stardust

Meet the extravagant subculture scandalising South Africa and tour Harlem's Apollo Theater

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A change of heart in Lebanon

Darius Bazagan reports on a militia leader’s change of heart in Lebanon.

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Dark clouds in Mali and wandering through Bangladesh

Stories about divisions in Mali and a trip through one of Bangladesh’s richest regions.

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Guns in America and the battle to save Kenyan rhinos

Why Americans are so divided over guns and the fight to save rare rhinos in Kenya

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