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Russia and Spain

National glory rising in Russia, and the medieval warriors fighting in southern Spain

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Fifa in Brasil and Mexico

World Football's Fifa under scrutiny and much needed reform of Mexico's education system

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Afghanistan and Cumbria, UK

Voters go to the polls in Afghanistan; The Roma people at a North of England horse fair

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Weekend Edition: Modern Scourges

From rogue militias to rampant fungus or nasty neighbours - the things that infuriate us

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American Guns and a North Korean Restaurant

Guns for prizes at a US campaign for county sheriff; eating in a North Korean restaurant

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Wars Without Borders

Thoughts on Syria, Iraq and ISIS; how Manas airbase changed Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan

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Burundi and Burma

Why jogging's subversive in Bujumbura - and how 'thyan chat' poetry speaks truth to power

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India and South Africa

Guitar or sitar in Mumbai's music shops; how the platinum miners' strike affects families

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Iraq and Syria, the US and Germany

The dilemmas ISIS pose for Iran and the US; a 1904 disaster for NYC's 'Kleindeutschland'

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Syria, US, Burundi, Myanmar, Niger

War in Syria, US gun culture, jogging in Burundi, poetry in Myanmar, skiing in Niger

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Antarctica and Iceland

How superpowers are jockeying for claims on Antarctica; on the trail of elves in Iceland

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Iraq and Trinidad and Tobago

Iraqi Kurds react to the country's crisis and gang violence in Trinidad and Tobago

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Nepal and Iraq

Meeting an Iraqi Kurd general; Nepalese who carry huge loads up Mount Everest

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Liberia and Bosnia

Women turning to prostitution in Liberia; Sarajevo remembers Archduke Ferdinand

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Iraq and Kenya

How Iraq's history shapes a fractured country; Kenyans confront problems beyond tourism

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Battlefields

Conflicts past and present - in Kenya, Iraq, Antarctica, Trinidad & Tobago and Spain

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Syrian refugees and Georgia

Syrian refugees struggle to reach asylum in Sweden; meeting the cat woman of Tblisi

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World War One: The Assassin and his Victims

How Gavrilo Princip is remembered in Bosnia - and Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria

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Egypt and Lebanon

Egyptians clam up as Sisi's grip tightens; a World Cup fiesta with Palestinians in Beirut

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South Sudan and Ethiopia

Famine looms in the aftermath of the Kiir-Machar vendetta; pilgrims and pints in Harar

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Australia and the US

Why a "no more boats" policy applies Down Under; is freedom of (hate) speech American?

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Liberia, Egypt, Nepal, North Korea and Iceland

Liberian sex trade, media in Egypt, Mount Everest, North Korean restaruants and Iceland.

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Italy and Brazil

The risks migrants face crossing the Mediterranean, and Sao Paulo's crack addicts

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Pakistan and Chile

The Pakistan army's opeartions in North Waziristan; Mapuche food in Chile

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Iraq and Czech Republic

Kirkuk's Football Club struggling to survive; a Jewish cemetry in Czech Republic

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Ukraine and Scotland

The Ukranian city going its own way in its allegiances; The Scottish independence debate

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United States and Japan

Working life in Silicon Valley and the perils of crossing Japan's busiest road junction

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Weekend Fun

Our correspondents enjoy time off in Colombia, India, China, Brazil, Iraq and Ethiopia

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Burma/Myanmar

Burmese smugglers trading in Jade; how Myanmar saw one of the world's first hijackings

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China and Italy: the Long Arm of the Law

Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign strikes hard; why Italy jokes about the carabinieri

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