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Hard Work Ahead for Angela Merkel

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

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition 28 Sep 2013: The Love Hunters

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

• 24 mins

Tajikistan and Afghanistan

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

• 11 mins

Kenya and the UN General Assembly

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

• 11 mins

Egypt and Austria

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

• 11 mins

Romania and Finland

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

• 11 mins

Greece and Nigeria

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

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition 5 Oct 2013: Bibliomania!

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

• 24 mins

Brazil and La Reunion

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

• 11 mins

Greece and France

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

• 11 mins

A Special Edition on Lebanon

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

• 11 mins

Sinai and Seychelles

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

• 11 mins

Mexico and Algeria

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

• 11 mins

Island Life

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

• 24 mins

Tajikistan and Myanmar

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

• 11 mins

An Indian heroine and Iceland's epics

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

• 11 mins

The Aftermath of War

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

• 11 mins

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

• 11 mins

Hope amidst crowds

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

• 24 mins

Lampedusa and Portugal

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

• 11 mins

Madagascar and Puglia

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

• 11 mins

Pakistan and Afghanistan

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

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France and Moscow

Overcrowded French prisons and the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s first ever Moscow correspondent, 50 years on.

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Nigeria and Senegal

Making the lights go back on in Lagos, and struggling to pay for an Eid sheep in Senegal

• 9 mins

Weekend Edition 26 Oct 2013: Building Blocks of History

Stories of construction, commerce, archaeology and identity from around the world

• 24 mins

Australia and Vietnam

Australia's bush fires and climate change row and the hopes of Vietnam's young generation

• 9 mins

Tapped Phones and Stopped Clocks

The unwelcome resonance of alleged NSA bugging in Germany; the "Palestinian time" zone

• 11 mins

Sri Lanka and Italy

Print journalism still going strong in Jaffna; traditional artisans emptying out of Rome

• 11 mins

Greece, China and Fiji

How some Greeks are uniting to earn more from tourism; what reporting with a baby is like

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