France, Mali, Venezuela

Are we back to the bad old days of "Francafrique"? And how will life be after Chavez?

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18/01/2013

Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around ...

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Presidential questions in Venezuela, and learning English in India

The president who’s everywhere and nowhere, plus dispatches from Italy and India.

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Sweden and Hungary

Reindeer: the far-north survival kit for Saami nomads; plus Budapest's Ecseri flea market

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Mali, present and past

Stories on an unlikely alliance in Mali, and remembering a trip through the desert.

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Syria crisis

In Syria, the effects of war rages and people are shocked at the lack of international aid

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Chaos in Pakistan and Burns Night in Jamaica

Dispatches on the uncertain security situation in Pakistan and on Burns Night in Jamaica.

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Elections in Italy and crime in Georgia

Stories on the personalities running for office in Italy, and fear of crime in Georgia.

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Syria, Georgia, Italy, Sweden, Australia and Lithuania

From wombats in Australia to a prisoner release in Georgia, Pascale Harter presents.

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Chinese pollution, and seduction in France

Stories on pollution in China and a seduction coach for French men.

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Israel and Romania

What do the results of the Israeli elections mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's party?

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Brazil's shrinking Amazon forest + scrum at 35,000 feet

Logging still despoiling the rainforest in Uruara; deft diplomacy on a flight to Tel Aviv

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Iran and Sweden

What working for the BBC means for an Iranian; why Swedes know so much about each other

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Egypt's democracy deficit; culture wars in Hungary

Why are Egyptians still protesting against an elected government? Aleem Maqbool listens in

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Amazon farmers, Iranian journalists, and the Frenchmen learning the art of love

Stories about Amazon farmers, Iranian journalists, and Frenchmen learning the art of love.

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South African bling and American stardust

Meet the extravagant subculture scandalising South Africa and tour Harlem's Apollo Theater

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A change of heart in Lebanon

Darius Bazagan reports on a militia leader’s change of heart in Lebanon.

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Dark clouds in Mali and wandering through Bangladesh

Stories about divisions in Mali and a trip through one of Bangladesh’s richest regions.

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Guns in America and the battle to save Kenyan rhinos

Why Americans are so divided over guns and the fight to save rare rhinos in Kenya

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Covering Mali, and an Afghan governor takes aim

Stories on an Afghan governor who’s a crack shot, and journalists descend on Timbuktu.

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Digging up beer in Mali; and staging Shakespeare in Hungary

Stories about Mali, Hungary, Lebanon and more.

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A French bistro and the British pub

How microbreweries run by women is a new trend breathing life into Britain's pubs

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A Romanian palace and a fear of flying

The building with the biggest carpet in Europe; and a reporter's crippling fear of flying

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Murder in Corsica and home-made rockets in Syria

Crime isn't putting off the tourists in Corsica; while the death toll rises in Syria.

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Tunis losing the Paris feel while women swap lipsticks for knives in India

Is the shine coming off Tunisia's revolution? Plus the party arming women in India.

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Bread in Aleppo and tunnelling through the mountains in Italy

Winning over the people with food in Syria, while Italian protesters object to a tunnel.

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The life and death of a Syrian rebel, a trip through Bangladesh, and more

Stories on a rebel in Syria, a trip through Bangladesh’s richest region, and more.

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Stories of railways in Switzerland and Nigeria

From Swiss trains that run like clockwork, to Nigerian trains on a more leisurely pace

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America - fighting in the Philippines and welcoming immigrants at home

Joining US forces in the Philippines plus the story of a poignant reunion in New York

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The baton wavers of Japan and a return to Kenya

Stories on the strange jobs that prop up Japan’s economy and a reporter returns to Kenya.

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