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Kate Adie hosts correspondents' despatches from Burma, Pakistan, Ukraine, Egypt and Denmark.

Can international pressure on the military-backed government in Burma be relaxed now a series of reforms is underway? Fergal Keane has been accompanying the British foreign secretary on his visit there and offers an assessment of latest developments there. A year after the assassination of the Governor of Punjab Owen Bennett-Jones has been to Pakistan to examine the impact that killing's had there. John Sweeney talks of how it may be eighty years since millions of Ukrainians died in a famine but the tragedy remains deeply controversial today, the reasons behind it still the subject of heated debate. Libby Spurrier's just been for a cruise down the River Nile and says it's clear that ten months of instability in Egypt has proved devastating for that country's tourist industry. Stephen Sackur's been getting tips on gastronomy from the man behind what some say is the world's best restaurant and he's emerged with controversial suggestions about what you might want on your Christmas table next December!

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Sat 7 Jan 2012 11:30
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Chapters

  • Introduction

    Duration: 00:30

  • How Punjab governor's killer became a hero

    In 2011, the governor of Punjab in Pakistan was murdered by his bodyguard, who was sentenced to death, but could the killer yet hold office himself? Owen Bennett Jones reports.

    Duration: 05:23

  • Unearthing the horrors of a Ukrainian famine

    Eight years after a famine killed millions of Ukrainians, John Sweeney finds the tragedy still remains a deeply controversial and heated topic.

    Duration: 05:52

  • Burmese wait to be lifted out of poverty

    Less than a year since a civilian government backed by the military came to power, Fergal Keane investigates how life is changing in Burma.

    Duration: 05:52

  • Egypt's missing tourists

    Months of instability following the overthrow of President Mubarak has devastated tourism along the River Nile says Libby Spurrier.

    Duration: 04:59

  • Eating Christmas trees at the 'world's best restaurant'

    Stephen Sackur discovers a new world of gourmet food from freeze dried pine needles to fermented mackerel.

    Duration: 05:56

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Jan 2012 11:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4