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Challenging preconceptions of the Middle East, in Lebanon and Gaza

Hezbollah's heartland in Beirut; journalists in Gaza with more to discuss than politics

• 11 mins

Iraq and Kazakhstan

The other Saddam Husseins of Iraq; Image consciousness in Kazakhstan

• 11 mins

Syria and Ethiopia

Two sides of the Syrian prison system; the urban hyenas of Addis Ababa.

• 11 mins

Italy and Canada

Interviewing a convicted murderer; A student's journey from Kandahar to Canada.

• 11 mins

Ukraine and Mexico

What Ukraine's Russians fear from Maidan; Mexico captures its most wanted drug lord

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition 1 March 2014: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Comforts

Stories of domestic dramas and the stuff of everyday life from around the world

• 24 mins

Catalonia and Somalia

Catalan opinions on independence; a visit to a Somali psychiatric hospital

• 11 mins

Lebanon and the UK

A migrant, Beirut video shop owner and a London pub landlady are proud of their business

• 11 mins

Egypt and Venezuela: Revolutionary Roads

Protest, power and populism on the streets of Cairo and Caracas

• 11 mins

USA and Central Asia

Horse-drawn buggies in Amish country and an epic train journey from Volgograd to Ashgabat

• 11 mins

Nicknames in Somalia

Baldy, One Leg or Big Bottom, what Somali nickname would you choose?

• 11 mins

Making their mark: the individuals behind the headlines

Stories of the people making their mark on the world around them

• 24 mins

Rekindling Afghan Education, and Fighting Australia's Bushfires

The inspirational Kabul headmaster won't back down; could Aboriginal methods fight fires?

• 11 mins

Bearing Witness on the Middle East

Journalists on trial in Cairo; the war graves shedding light on today's Middle East

• 11 mins

Iraq and Afghanistan

Rising sectarian tension in Iraq; what can history teach us about invading Afghanistan?

• 11 mins

Inside your shell: in St. Helena and Italy

St Helena's prestigious tortoise; trying a codpiece on for size in Florence

• 11 mins

Ukraine and South Korea

Rising tensions in Crimea; reconfiguring the South Korean economy

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: War Wounds

The roots and the scars of violence in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Egypt, Niger and Somalia

• 24 mins

The Price of Pleasure: in Burkina Faso and Germany

Hope for victims of FGM in Burkina Faso; legal prostitution in Germany.

• 11 mins

Syria and Egypt

Three years on from the start of the Syrian conflict; Egypt's struggling tourist sector

• 11 mins

Israel and the USA

Mindgames at an Israeli airport; biting off more than can be chewed in Philadelphia

• 11 mins

A Tale of Two Cities: Singapore and Melbourne

Does Singapore have a 'compassion deficit'? End of the road for Melbourne's laneways?

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France and Sri Lanka

The National Front move into the mainstream; playing rugby in Sri Lanka

• 11 mins

Weekend Edition: Satisfaction!

Thoughts from around the world on what people want and whether it really makes them happy

• 24 mins

El Salvador and Tunisia

El Salvador's lone forensic scientist and Tunisia's creative explosion

• 11 mins

Venezuela and the UAE

On the barricades of San Cristobal; changing face of Bedouin life

• 11 mins

Ukraine: past and present

A job offer from the President of Crimea; Ukrainian independence, in 1991 and today.

• 11 mins

Business and elections in Afghanistan, and Goa’s trashmobs

Business in Afghanistan and Goa’s trashmobs – dispatches from Â鶹ԼÅÄ correspondents

• 11 mins

Cyprus and Lebanon

Returning to post-bailout Cyprus and a temporary escape from Damascus

• 11 mins

Touring Central Asia

From Afghanistan to Kazakhstan, we hear the latest stories and insights from the 'stans'

• 24 mins