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From Our Own Correspondent: Dark days in Damascus

08/12/2012

Dark days in Damascus

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Kate Adie introduces reports from Damascus, Moscow, Istanbul, South Tyrol and Bologna.

Kate Adie introduces reports from BBC foreign correspondents, giving context to the news in Damascus, Moscow, Istanbul, South Tyrol and Bologna.

The BBC's Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen examines claims that a conclusion to the long conflict in Syria is within sight.

After a year of protests against President Putin, Steve Rosenberg finds support for him is still strong -- particularly in cities away from the capital, Moscow.

Bethany Bell's in South Tyrol where some are angry that the Italian authorities, in the midst of financial crisis, want this wealthy Alpine province to contribute more to the national exchequer.

The Turks know that the television soap opera's an effective means of extending influence throughout the Middle East. And the BBC man Rajan Datar gets offered a screen part!

And they've been harvesting the olives in the hills of Tuscany. Dany Mitzman's been lending a hand and observing that the harvest methods have changed little since ancient times.

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