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From Our Own Correspondent: Nigeria, the USA, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Chile

29/09/2012

Nigeria, the USA, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Chile

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Nigeria, the USA, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Chile

Pascale Harter presents reports from across the world, from Nigeria to Chile.

Pascale Harter presents reports from across the world, from Nigeria to the USA, Spain, Lebanon, Syria and Chile.

Pascale Harter introduces reports from correspondents and writers across the world.

In Nigeria, Will Ross speaks to a teenage mother who feared her baby would be taken for adoption against her will.

Justin Rowlatt walks down the Strip in Las Vegas and compares its fortunes to Macau - a gambling hot spot in China.

In Valencia, Spain, Paul Mason finds out what happens when the local government fails to pay its bills. He visits a pharmacy that is running low on medicine.

In Lebanon, amidst power cuts and concerns over the conflict in neighbouring Syria, Georgia Paterson-Dargham seeks retail therapy.

On the border with Turkey and Syria, Sarah Birke listens to poetry composed by a fighter opposed to President Assad's regime.

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