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From Our Own Correspondent: 17/02/2011

17/02/2011

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 17/02/2011

Kate Adie presents despatches from Cairo, Kampala, Jakarta, Cork and Madrid.

Kate Adie presents despatches from BBC foreign correspondents in Cairo, Kampala, Jakarta, Cork and Madrid.

Egypt's secret policemen experience a revolutionary change of heart.

There's talk of rejecting violence in the Basque country -- but deep suspicions linger.

We celebrate the coming of peace in the fields of northern Uganda.

And go bowling on the public roads in the Republic of Ireland 

As Egyptians rejoiced at the victory of their revolution, one man captured the mood. "Before," he said, "We felt like strangers in our own country." For believed, the people had managed to take Egypt back from a corrupt elite. And the great question now is how far this Arab awakening might go.....what might the coming of this political spring mean for authoritarian regimes all across the Middle East. And Jeremy Bowen has been reflecting on the wider implications of the revolt on the Nile....

Late last year the BBC was given a video. It showed three mysterious figures wearing white masks over their faces -- and one of them began delivering an important message. These were Basque separatist fighters, and they were announcing a ceasefire.... Truces have come and gone before in Spain. But this ceasefire was called amid other signs of change in the Basque country. And Sarah Rainsford has just watched the launch of a new political party which -- unlike its predecessors -- rejects the use of violence in the campaign for an independent state....

They're just about to vote in presidential and parliamentary polls in Uganda. And for the people of the north of the country, this election will be special. For the first time in more than twenty years they'll be able to cast their votes in an atmosphere of calm and order. The rebels who terrorised the region have been driven out. The raids in the night, the killings and the kidnappings are over. At last, northern Uganda seems to be at peace. And Will Ross has been watching the old rhythms of life returning to the ravaged land.. 

For years now the world has looked on in some awe as China and India have transformed their economic prospects. But there are signs now that a third Asian giant is also well worth watching. Indonesia is attracting growing interest from the international moneymen. There's a sense that it's starting to fulfil its vast potential. But as Peter Day has been finding out, not everybody in Indonesia is being lifted by the nation's rising wealth.... 

Now you can call it tenpin bowling, crown green bowls or even skittles but whatever the name many countries have a bowling game they call their own. In the wide open spaces of Ireland there's no need for a bowling alley or other confined space. Their version of the game takes place in the fresh air on the public roads. The rules are simple: pick up your 28-ounce solid iron ball. Hurl it as far as you can. Repeat four times then measure the total distance. The winner's the one who's thrown the furthest. Trish Flanagan's been to observe proceedings in County Cork:.

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