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Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories from around the world.

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From Our Own Correspondent: 16/04/2011

16/04/2011

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, 16/04/2011

Kate Adie hosts correspondents' tales from around the world.

Kate Adie hosts correspondents' tales from Bahrain, Bombay, Poland, Detroit and the French Pyrenees.

'The Bahrain I had known wasn't there' - Frank Gardner, who used to live on the Gulf island, has been back to report on life there under a state of emergency which is proving increasingly difficult for the Shiite opposition. The 7/7 bombings in London claimed victims of many nationalities: Nick Beake has travelled to Poland to hear more about one of them - a young woman who was a keen student and a member of the local choir. India's huge population has come under scrutiny in the recent census and Mark Tully has been wondering if the country's relatively youthful population will ultimately prove a boon for the economy, or a drain on it. A long-running strike at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra has finally come to an end and Petroc Trelawny's been hearing that it could be a long time before the wounds are healed. And Kathy Flower finds that chemists' shops in the French Pyrenees offer much more than just aspirins - they're places you can visit for advice on wild mushrooms: will they kill you or prove a tasty topping on your omelette?

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