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The 'Bubble' and the Boudoir

What is it like to go globetrotting with John Kerry? Plus, Italy's recession-hit Casanovas

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South Africa and Canada

Public (health) menaces: a new drug abused in Soweto; old traumas still scar First Nations

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The Animal Kingdom

Honoured, feared, tamed, gawked at and eaten: the relationship between humans and animals

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Turkey and France: What Lies Beneath

Can Turkey's water policy dam up Kurdish grievances? Plus, a downed WWII bomber unearthed

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German Austerity and a Tough New Language

German austerity and discontent and the trials of learning Danish

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Life in Damascus and Quebec’s secular values

Features from ´óÏó´«Ã½ correspondents on life in Damascus and Quebec’s secular values.

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Terror in Kenya and China’s surplus of bachelors

Feature stories on the terror attack in Kenya and China’s surplus of bachelors.

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Hard Work Ahead for Angela Merkel

German politics is designed to encourage consensus, establishing a coalition takes time

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Weekend Edition 28 Sep 2013: The Love Hunters

Stories of courtship and family life from China, Italy, Turkey, India and Martinique

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Tajikistan and Afghanistan

The ubiquitous president with big plans for Tajikistan, and women writing in Kabul

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Kenya and the UN General Assembly

Kenya, Somalia and Nairobi's stories intertwine at Westgate; the diplomatic ballet in NY

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Egypt and Austria

Polarised views of the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo; protests over hydropower in the Alps

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Romania and Finland

How Ceausescu wrecked historic Bucharest; salmiakki - the dire delicacy Finns eat for fun

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Greece and Nigeria

Twilight for the Golden Dawn movement? And, a capital city of empty mansions in Abuja

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Weekend Edition 5 Oct 2013: Bibliomania!

Correspondents' tales from libraries, bookshops and classes of stories which change lives

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Brazil and La Reunion

The man trying to save Bahia's endangered snakes; the maloya musicians shunned by France

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Greece and France

Are Greeks really waving goodbye to Golden Dawn? Plus: Parisians' delight in 'le gouter'

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A Special Edition on Lebanon

A special edition on Lebanon and the fallout from the Syrian conflict

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Sinai and Seychelles

The Egyptian army's clampdown in Sinai, and Seychelles embraces the market economy

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Mexico and Algeria

Acapulco's hurricane and drug cartel suffering, and Algeria's well-preserved Roman ruins

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Island Life

Tales of culture, commerce and control in Seychelles, Reunion, the UK, Italy and Nigeria

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Tajikistan and Myanmar

Does NATO leaving Afghanistan threaten Tajiks' future? Blocks to doing business in Burma

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An Indian heroine and Iceland's epics

A baby is rescued from rioting in Muzaffarnagar; the yearly flood of books in Reykjavik

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The Aftermath of War

The militias still plaguing post-Gaddafi Libya; what makes a war memorial truly emotive?

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Paris and Jaywick Sands

The lost glory of Paris's Champs Elysees, and a rundown but proud British seaside resort

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India and St Kitts and Nevis

India's varied disaster-handling competence, and the politics of prime land in St Kitts

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Hope amidst crowds

Correspondents stuck in crowds, from scary mobs to groups of friends and even snakes.

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Lampedusa and Portugal

The migrants on the Italian island of Lampedusa, and how Portugal copes with austerity.

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Madagascar and Puglia

Madagascar's education problems and the revival of Puglia's tiny trulli houses in Italy.

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Pakistan and Afghanistan

Pakistani girls who defied their parents, and Balkh's millennia of history in Afghanistan

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