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From Our Own Correspondent

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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  • World Service 26 Nov 2009

    Thu, 26 Nov 09

    Duration:
    27 mins

    In this World Service edition presented by Alan Johnston, powerful fears surface in Switzerland in a row over an ancient symbol of Islam; our correspondent walks through a war zone in the Congolese jungle; the nearly forgotten story of the Argentinian soliders who fought the British; suspicious deaths in a remote corner of India and in Morocco, a drug dealer invites us to 'fly to the moon'.

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  • BBC Radio 4, 21 Nov 2009

    Sat, 21 Nov 09

    Duration:
    29 mins

    Just back from Kabul, Hugh Sykes contends that the story of the Taleban's Pakistan connection would sound far-fetched even in the pages of an airport thriller; Tim Whewell on a painful attempt to uncover the painful truth of a wartime massacre in Poland. Jeremy Bowen, the BBC's Middle East editor, talks of how the conflict in the Middle East is teaching President Obama hard and humiliating lessons. There's an account of life in the ancient alleyways of Jerusalem's Old City from Heather Sharp and, in Indonesia, Christine Finn revisits the spot where a collection of bones, which became known as Java Man, was uncovered 120-years ago.

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