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From Our Own Correspondent: Weekend Edition: Out of Their Element

20/07/2013

Weekend Edition: Out of Their Element

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Weekend Edition: Out of Their Element

The pick of recent stories from Vietnam, Ecuador, Calabria, France and Georgia

Vietnam's businesswomen, Ecuadorian gold miners, a Calabrian mayoress who said 'basta' to the mob, African animals in Europe's circuses and singing with a Georgian polyphonic choir

Beth McLeod meets a formidable example of Vietnam's new breed of successful businesswomen; Leo Johnson descends into an artisanal gold mine beneath the Ecuadorian Andes; Dany Mitzman uncovers the story of the Calabrian mayoress who said 'basta' to the local mob - twice - but was eventually exhausted by red tape and government inertia; Natasha Breed muses on the quality of life for African animals kept in Europe's circuses, and Rajan Datar goes singing in the Caucasus mountains with a Georgian polyphonic choir.

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