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Weekend Edition 26/05/2012

Pascale Harter with the pick of FOOC stories from around the world. Including: cheese in China, a Somali mogul's Bentley in Dubai, no schadenfreude in Turkey and the weekly grocery bill in Argentina.

Pascale Harter introduces insight, wit and analysis from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world. In this edition:

Laura Trevelyan takes a nervous drive through a Mexican town that's a hub of international sex trafficking;

Jonathan Head explains why Turkey's now asking: do we need the EU, or does it need us more?

Ray Kershaw finds Argentines are beginning to see their weekly grocery shop as 'a lottery you can't win';

Mary Harper takes a spin in a Somali businessman's blingy Bentley through the glittering streets of Dubai;

David Belton meets the Amish communities refusing to abide by the New York state construction code - no 'devils on the wall' for them;

and Fuchsia Dunlop gets an unexpected lesson in China's Yunnan province - on how to make cheese, or 'milk cake' as it's known locally.

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25 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 May 2012 19:05GMT

Broadcasts

  • Sat 26 May 2012 08:05GMT
  • Sun 27 May 2012 03:05GMT
  • Sun 27 May 2012 19:05GMT