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Kate Adie introduces reports from the Turkish/Syrian border, the Pakistani port city of Karachi, the Cambodian rain forest, the city of Algiers and a Berlin changing room.

Many Syrian doctors and nurses have fled the country as the violence there continues. Portia Walker's been talking to one of them in Turkey about why she's decided to return home

The Arab Spring has so far failed to take root in Algeria. This week there were elections there and Chloe Arnold's been reflecting on the public reluctance to take part in a vote about the country's future.

Hugh Sykes has been listening to opposing views about the state Pakistan's in. Some talk of its political stability; others of how it's ripe for revolution. Everyone, though, has a view about the public corruption there.

A UN envoy, in Cambodia this week, spoke of how firearms were increasingly being used there against human rights activists. Guy Delauney considers this in the light of growing public controversy over land issues and illegal logging.

And as the nude bathing season gets underway in Germany Stephen Evans tells a story of how cultural confusion over nakedness caused embarrassment in a Berlin gym.

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Sat 12 May 2012 11:30
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Chapters

  • Introduction

    Duration: 00:26

  • Nurse’s dilemma over returning to Syria

    Many Syrian doctors and nurses have fled the country as the violence there continues. Portia Walker's talks to one nurse in Turkey about why she has decided to go back.

    Duration: 05:02

  • Optimists and pessimists unite in Pakistan

    Hugh Sykes finds that while opinion may be divided over whether the country is politically stable, everyone seems to have a view about public corruption.

    Duration: 05:41

  • Algerians disengaged with politics

    Chloe Arnold considers why Algerians were reluctant to take part in a vote about their country’s future.

    Duration: 05:15

  • One man's fight against logging

    In Cambodia Guy de Launey reflects on the life of human rights activist Chut Wutty, who was shot dead by police.

    Duration: 05:35

  • Germany united by nudity, divided by attitude

    Germans' relaxed attitude to public nudity can cause occasional embarrassment for visitors but seems at odds with some pre-Cold War cultural divisions, says Stephen Evans.

    Duration: 05:39

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 May 2012 11:30
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4