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Last broadcast on Sat, 27 Mar 2010, 11:30 on BBC Radio 4.
Synopsis
Israelis react to the rupture in relations with their closest allies, as Tim Franks in Jerusalem has been finding out; Linda Pressly is in the freezing steppe lands of Mongolia where a nomadic way of life has come under threat; Adam Mynott's been at the CITES meeting in Qatar and says it's been a good fortnight for elephants, but not so for sharks and tuna; in Brussels, Nigel Cassidy has been discovering that the dream of forging a confident and prosperous Europe has taken a battering, and Sam Miller asks is it possible that Jesus Christ once wandered the beautiful Vale of Kashmir...
Chapters
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
As relations between Britain and Israel continue to unravel, in Jerusalem many Israelis feel that the outside world still fails to understand the problems - and threats - their country is facing.
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Chapter 3
As Mongolia experiences the worst winter in a decade, Linda Pressly travels to the worst affected area and meets the nomadic people whose way of life is now under threat.
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Chapter 4
The latest two-week long meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) saw bureaucrats sweep aside expert advice on how to save the bluefin tuna.
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Chapter 5
Nigel Cassidy reports from Brussels how the time set aside to plan for a better future has been eaten up trying to rescue the Euro stop Greece's debt crisis.
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Chapter 6
A belief that Jesus survived the crucifixion and spent his remaining years in Kashmir has led to a run-down shrine in Srinagar making it firmly onto the must-visit-in India tourist trail.
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Sat 27 Mar 201011:30
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