From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories behind the headlines. Presented by Kate Adie. Broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the UK on Saturdays at 1130 BST and for about 25 weeks of the year, on Thursdays at 1102 BST. BBC World Service broadcasts on Saturdays and Sundays all year round, presented by Alan Johnston. For more information, a full list of programme broadcast times and the podcast Terms of Use go to www.bbc.co.uk/fromourowncorrespondent
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FOOC: BBC Radio 4, 6 Feb 2010
Published: 2010-02-06 07:15:00Ciudad Juarez is one of the world's most violent cities -- Katya Adler's there as new police recruits prepare for the battle against the drug cartels. It's the presidential election in Ukraine and James Coomarasamy finds the electorate disillusioned with their politicians; Christopher Hogg discusses the gender imbalance in China and learns that many men are now doomed to a lonely old age; Twenty years after Nelson Mandela walked to freedom Andrew Harding in Johannesburg meets his old lawyer -- and discovers he's still fighting for a better South Africa and Emma Jane Kirby encounters some Gallic frankness and wonders if it's all a legacy of the French Revolution.
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FOOC: BBC Radio 4, 04 Feb 2010
Published: 2010-02-04 06:32:00As China prepares for the Year of the Tiger, Chris Hogg tells us about the confidence felt about the country's growing economy -- Bill Law reveals the fears of Kenyans living in the Tana Delta wetlands -- Will Grant asks who is to blame for the power cuts in Venezuela -- Mark Lowen is in Serbia, hearing why you must never sing at the table and must always call a new baby ugly -- and Christine Finn takes a walk through California's high-tech capital - Silicon Valley.
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