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From Our Own Correspondent: Battle Stations at the Vatican

09/03/2013

Battle Stations at the Vatican

BBC Radio 4 - From Our Own Correspondent, Battle Stations at the Vatican

Cardinal chaos! Stories from the Vatican and elsewhere around the world.

The cardinals prepare to cast their votes. Kate Adie presents reports by BBC foreign correspondents from the Vatican, Russia, Tunisia, Austria and the Falkland Islands.

Correspondents' stories from around the world. Battle stations at the Vatican! Allan Little says there are deep disagreements among the cardinals as they prepare to elect a new pope. They are voting too in the Falklands. Caroline Wyatt says the result is in little doubt. But what will they make of it in Argentina? Stephen Sackur has been in Tunisia, a land which has been in deep political crisis since the shooting last month of a prominent critic of the government. How should a town handle the legacy of being the birthplace of a notorious dictator? Bethany Bell's been asking that question in Georgia and in Austria - and getting a variety of answers. And Steve Rosenberg went to interview a former leader of the Soviet Union. Little did he know he'd end up accompanying him on the piano!
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