26/11/2011
Owen Bennett Jones presents the best of the week's insight from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents worldwide - ranging from football in Dagestan to voting in Guyana, from an Indian funeral to a Georgia Thanksgiving..
Owen Bennett Jones introduces the pick of the week's reportage, insight and wit from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents around the world.
In this edition they venture everywhere from the High Pamir mountain ranges of Afghanistan to the steamy streets of Georgetown, Guyana - and witness scenes from a sacred Indian cremation to a traditional American Thanksgiving in rural Georgia.
In the programme:
Stephen Sackur on whether Egypt's military rulers have lived up to their promises;
Lucy Ash on football and fear in a violent corner of Europe - the republic of Dagestan;
Max Shapira on meeting a witness to, and survivor of, the Khmer Rouge's crimes;
David Loyn on signs of movement in Burma;
Sarah Grainger on the oddly British flavour of life and elections in Guyana;
Justin Rowlatt on the funeral ghats lining the banks of the Ganges;
Mike Thomson on the hidden charms of Kabul;
John Pilkington on horse-riding through the Pamir;
and Jason Palmer on his family's very traditional way of celebrating Thanksgiving.
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- Sat 26 Nov 2011 04:05GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online
- Sat 26 Nov 2011 09:05GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online
- Sun 27 Nov 2011 20:05GMTÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ World Service Online