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From Our Own Correspondent: Weekend Edition 1 Sep 2012

Weekend Edition 1 Sep 2012

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Weekend Edition 1 Sep 2012

Pascale Harter with the pick of personal stories and reflections from around the world.

Pascale Harter with stories about the Malian Army's new tactics; economic uncertainty in Argentina; lobster glut in Maine, USA; memories of Maoist China in 1965; and Italy's retro Riviera Romagnola.

Pascale Harter introduces the pick of the last week's insight, wit and analysis from correspondents. In this edition:

MIKE THOMSON meets the Malian Army's special forces, tasked with crushing rebellion and Islamists in the country's north;

PAUL MOSS scratches his head at the challenges of calculating economic data in Argentina; 

BOB DORAN finds out why too much lobster is definitely NOT a good thing for the coast of Maine, USA;

DAVID WILLEY remembers an extraordinary reporting trip to Mao's China in 1965: "the most exciting time of my life";

and DANY MITZMAN must use her wiles to escape the hordes of Italian holidaymakers on the sands of the Riviera Romagnola.

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