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Desert Song
The song the Saudis sing as the oil slurp-slurps into the barrel is a lament for the good old days when OPEC ruled the pipelines and the pumps. It is not the lament of a kingdom down to its last petrodollar. Saudi Arabia is still a country rich beyond the dreams of avarice, but it's going through a rough patch.
Mary Goldring explains why as she discovers where the oil billions have gone and what sort of country this secretive desert kingdom has become. Producer DAVID MORTON
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 11.0 am L W)

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Mary Goldring
Producer:
David Morton
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