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Highlights of the year

A buffet of treats from the most interesting stories of 2012. Presented by Pascale Harter.

• 25 mins

Poverty and hope in Britain

Writer Bernard Hare tells a story of poverty and hope from Northern England.

• 10 mins

India's pashmina guru

Anu Anand meets a pashmina expert trying to promote traditional scarf-making in India.

• 10 mins

Change in Burma and Greece looking forward

A story about change in Burma and reflections on a terrible year in Greece.

• 10 mins

Shopping in India and 'dementia village' in the Netherlands

Stories about shopping in India and a village for dementia patients in the Netherlands.

• 10 mins

Japan and Saudi Arabia

Mariko Oi wonders about trust in Tokyo; Katy Watson joins a girls' night out in Riyadh

• 10 mins

Shops and shawls in India, ladies' night in Riyadh, and dementia in the Netherlands

Correspondents present personal stories from India, Burma, Saudi Arabia and Netherlands.

• 25 mins

The USA and Hong Kong

Owen Bennett Jones meets Grover Norquist the architect of America's 'pledge' on tax

• 10 mins

Soul-searching in India and Canadian native protests

Pascale Harter presents stories from India and Canada.

• 10 mins

Returning to Cambodia, and women in North Africa

Stories about a return to Cambodia and women going out after dark in North Africa.

• 10 mins

Living longer on a Greek island and Venice's Jewish cemetery

Stories on the long-lived inhabitants of a Greek island, and Venice's Jewish cemetery.

• 10 mins

A home for disabled patients in Kosovo, and Russians on holiday in Egypt

Stories on a home for mentally ill patients in Kosovo, and Russians on holiday.

• 10 mins

Weekend Edition 12 Jan 2013: Pristina and Phnom Penh Revisited

Highlights of the week: stories from Canada, Kosovo, Cambodia, Tunisia, Greece and Egypt

• 25 mins

The people who feel out of place in Kuwait, and eating meat in Italy

Stories on Kuwaiti residents without nationality, and on avoiding eating meat in Italy.

• 10 mins

South Africa and Italy

Lessons from a huge fire in Khayelitsha; controversy over where Garibaldi is really buried

• 10 mins

Iraq and India

What's Baghdad's notorious Al-Rasheed Hotel like today? Plus: English still means success

• 10 mins

France, Mali, Venezuela

Are we back to the bad old days of "Francafrique"? And how will life be after Chavez?

• 10 mins

18/01/2013

Insight, wit and analysis from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ correspondents, journalists and writers from around ...

• 10 mins

Presidential questions in Venezuela, and learning English in India

The president who’s everywhere and nowhere, plus dispatches from Italy and India.

• 25 mins

Sweden and Hungary

Reindeer: the far-north survival kit for Saami nomads; plus Budapest's Ecseri flea market

• 10 mins

Mali, present and past

Stories on an unlikely alliance in Mali, and remembering a trip through the desert.

• 10 mins

Syria crisis

In Syria, the effects of war rages and people are shocked at the lack of international aid

• 10 mins

Chaos in Pakistan and Burns Night in Jamaica

Dispatches on the uncertain security situation in Pakistan and on Burns Night in Jamaica.

• 10 mins

Elections in Italy and crime in Georgia

Stories on the personalities running for office in Italy, and fear of crime in Georgia.

• 10 mins

Syria, Georgia, Italy, Sweden, Australia and Lithuania

From wombats in Australia to a prisoner release in Georgia, Pascale Harter presents.

• 25 mins

Chinese pollution, and seduction in France

Stories on pollution in China and a seduction coach for French men.

• 10 mins

Israel and Romania

What do the results of the Israeli elections mean for Benjamin Netanyahu's party?

• 10 mins

Brazil's shrinking Amazon forest + scrum at 35,000 feet

Logging still despoiling the rainforest in Uruara; deft diplomacy on a flight to Tel Aviv

• 10 mins

Iran and Sweden

What working for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ means for an Iranian; why Swedes know so much about each other

• 10 mins

Egypt's democracy deficit; culture wars in Hungary

Why are Egyptians still protesting against an elected government? Aleem Maqbool listens in

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