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From Our Own Correspondent: Syria and Italy

27/05/2013

Syria and Italy

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Syria and Italy

The difficulties of reporting from Syria; the beauty of Rome's cobbled streets.

The deals that need to be done in order to get stories out of Syria; an ode to Rome's cobbled streets.

The BBC's Middle East Editor Jeremy Bowen talks about the importance of being 'a good operator' in Syria, where getting at the story can prove to be exceptionally challenging; in Rome, it's the city's cobbled streets that are inspiring Alan Johnson - but not everyone is so taken with them.

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