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Burma/Myanmar

Burmese smugglers trading in Jade; how Myanmar saw one of the world's first hijackings

• 11 mins

China and Italy: the Long Arm of the Law

Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign strikes hard; why Italy jokes about the carabinieri

• 11 mins

India and France: Mind Your Language!

How Indians remake the English language; why the French elite still likes to use Latin

• 11 mins

Mexico and Argentina

A miasma of fear hangs over Veracruz state; memories of 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires

• 11 mins

Ramadan in Gaza; Referendum in Glasgow

How Gazans observe a holy month; what schoolkids in Scotland think about independence

• 11 mins

Fighting Back, Against the Odds

Corruption in China, forced marraiges in Cambodia plus Mexico , Australia, Singapore

• 24 mins

A Japanese Community and an Andean Odyssey

Japan's island communities wither; a road trip from hell through Argentina and Bolivia

• 11 mins

War Wounds, War Songs

The Middle East on fire - literally and politically; antiwar songs on the wane in the US

• 11 mins

Venezuela and India

Chaos in Caracas and a swimming-pool fracas in New Delhi

• 11 mins

Christian communities - in Greece and Turkey

The Greek Orthodox - and all-male- peninsula of Mt Athos; Syriacs return to Tur Abdin

• 11 mins

Brazil and Barbados

The Haitian migrants seeking work in Acre; social issues on parade in a summer carnival

• 11 mins

Brazil, Nepal, Chile, Georgia and India

Drug culture in Brazil, illegal jade trade in Nepal, Chilean food, Georgia and India

• 24 mins

Titans of Industry

Germany's discreet millionaires, and the post-industrial landscape of Camden, New Jersey

• 11 mins

Gaza and Ukraine

Reflections on the conflic in Gaza; meeting a Russian volunteer who fought in Ukraine

• 11 mins

Ukraine and Crimea

Visiting the Malaysian Airlines crash site in Ukraine; a history of the Crimean tartars

• 11 mins

US Tornado Chasing and UK Sea Rescuing

Chasing tornados in the US mid-west; the UK charity saving lives at sea

• 11 mins

Nigeria and Yemen

The ebola outbreak in west Africa and its impact on Nigeria; arranged marriages in Yemen

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: On the Move

Stories of journeys - brave, desperate, routine or fascinating - from around the world

• 24 mins

Pakistan and Ethiopia

The rivalry of the Pakistan and Indian film indusries; dancing in Ethiopia

• 11 mins

Gaza and Cyprus

What one man's seen over 20 years' reporting in Gaza; Cypriots trace missing loved ones

• 11 mins

Sierra Leone and Malawi

Fighting the Ebola outbreak in Freetown; fishing and politics on Lake Malawi's shores

• 11 mins

China: "Tiger" kids and a colonial time-capsule

Academically-minded parents seek a rounded curriculum; a colonial location for newly-weds

• 11 mins

Iraqi Kurdistan and Europe's Roma

Marking out a border between territories in Iraq; remembering the Roma dead at Auschwitz

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: The Times of Our Lives

Stories of love, life and death from Yemen, Sierra Leone, Cyprus, China and Ethiopia

• 24 mins

Argentina's Debt - and Moldova's Wines

Fiery rhetoric and financial realities in Buenos Aires; worries in Moldova's vineyards

• 11 mins

Israel and India

What Israeli civilians think about Gaza; the sport of Kabbadi gets a glitzy new makeover

• 11 mins

Scotland and Northern Ireland

Scottish independence without gunshots and a musical tour of Belfast.

• 11 mins

Iraqi Kurdistan

Shaima Khalil explores the hopes and fears of young Iraqi Kurds.

• 11 mins

The Philippines and India

Geotourism in the Philippines and the popularity of Western music in India

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: Drawing the Line

Stories of borders and frontiers from Iraq, the UK, Greece and Pakistan

• 24 mins