BBC Radio 4 joins the BBC World Service. 
Chapters
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Honouring an anti-Mafia campaigner 60 years on
More than 60 years after he was killed for challenging the Mafia in his hometown of Corleone, Sicilian union leader Placido Rizzotto is finally being laid to rest. Alan Johnston reports.
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On the trail of the traffickers
Laura Trevelyan visits the Mexican town of Tenancingo – a place which has grown rich on the profits of sex trafficking.
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Green technology restores Riyadh's parkland oasis
A billion dollar project to restore a Saudi valley provides a sociable place to escape the heat says Matthew Teller.
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Bomb bursts Yemen’s high hopes
A suicide bomb blast which killed more than 90 soldiers in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, has punctured the optimism of a brighter future says Portia Walker.
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Vienna: The city that loves to grumble
In Vienna Bethany Bell finds the city is one of the world's best places to live, but you would not guess it from talking to residents.
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The city that loves to grumble
Vienna is one of the world's best places to live, but you would not guess it from talking to residents, says Bethany Bell. Read more... -
An oasis where Saudi citizens can really relax
A $1.5bn project to turn a Riyadh rubbish dump into a leisure oasis has had unexpected social consequences. Read more...
Broadcasts
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BBC Radio 4Thu 24 May 2012 11:00 BBC Radio 4
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From Our Own Correspondent
Insight, wit and analysis as BBC correspondents, journalists and writers take a closer look at the...
