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Bangladesh and Pakistan

Why 1971's news still roils Bangladeshis today; how chaos might feed literary creativity.

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Austerity in South Sudan and historical amnesia in Japan

Richard Nield on signs of a cash crunch in Juba; Mariko Oi queries Tokyo's history lessons

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Weekend Edition 16 March 2013: Remarkable People

Pascale Harter introduces personal stories from Russia, South Africa, Nepal and Lebanon.

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Brazil and Lebanon

Exploring prehistoric rock art in Monte Alegre; meeting Maronite hermits around Qannoubine

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Burma, the USA and Israel

Tough at the top, the challenges of leadership for Aung San Suu Kyi and President Obama.

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Zimbabwe and Egypt

A new constitution can't lift a pall of fear; why Egypt's railways still dice with death.

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Pakistan and India: Identity politics

How sectarian violence still plagues Lahore; why Rajasthanis are queuing up for new IDs.

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Karachi and Kansas

Shahzeb Jillani returns to a dangerous Pakistani city; Sarfraz Manzoor meets a film legend

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Weekend Edition 23 March 2013: Surprising encounters

Personal stories from Burma, Bangladesh, the Amazon, New York City and cowboy country.

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Western Sahara and India

Celeste Hicks on Moroccan tactics in Laayoune; Anthony Denselow on the widows of Vrindavan

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Mongolian minerals and Australian wine

Justin Rowlatt unearths how an Asian mining boom began; Jim Carey follows Oz wine upmarket

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UAE and Yemen

Simon Atkinson wrestles with red tape in Dubai; Daniel Owen visits Al Ghaydah's fishmarket

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Iraq and Colombia

Why Iraqi Kurdistan wants more visitors; plus, meeting a desert smuggler with 27 children.

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Up in the air

A frequent flyer on Indian plane etiquette; a reporter bids goodbye to Quito's old airport

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Weekend Edition: Changing Landscapes

The pick of recent dispatches from Mongolia, Sweden, Egypt, Pakistan, Japan and Colombia

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Malaysia and China

Why some look askance at single women in Asia; the home of reformer Kang Youwei in Beijing

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Germany and Bangladesh

How trombones embody the secrets of German small business; one way out of poverty in Dhaka

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Antarctica and India

Even remote Deception Island can be full of tourists; why many Indians avoid sunbathing

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Mali and Angola

With the French Foreign Legion in the Sahara and visiting Neto's grand mausoleum in Luanda

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Swiss bedbugs and Italian trotting races

Switzerland gets itchy about national service and Rome's chariot races run out of time.

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Weekend Edition 6 April: Single ladies

The pick of recent dispatches from Mali, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and Malaysia.

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Slovenia, Bulgaria and the UK

Political and economic revolt in Ljubljana and Sofia; missing lambs in wintry Welsh hills

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National Heroes

Is South Africa already in the post-Mandela era? And why do the French so admire a thief?

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Ukraine and Israel

Meeting an ex-addict and prostitute turned HIV educator; exploring blunt Israeli manners

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Japan and Colombia

Two years on, what's the true toll of Fukushima? And why cosmetic surgery's so big in Cali

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Enduring Mauritius and changing Marseille

Lorraine Mallinder on an island haunted by its past; Mick Webb in a city buffing its image

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Weekend Edition 13 March 2013: Risky business

French thieves, Ukrainian cats and the price of fish in Yemen.

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Kenya and Mali

Inaugural omens for Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi; an influx from the rural north in Bamako

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Looking to the future

What does the future hold for Afghanistan? And tackling domestic abuse in Bhutan.

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No room for the living or the dead.

Why the dead have their own estate agents in Hong Kong, and vigilante groups in Mexico.

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