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Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents and writers.

Kate Adie introduces insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers telling stories from around the world.

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From Our Own Correspondent: East or West?

30/11/2013

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Ukraine under pressure, and other stories in the news.

Kate Adie presents dispatches from BBC foreign correspondents in Ukraine, Mauritania, the United States, Myanmar and Peru, examining news developments in their region.

Correspondents with stories from the news. Today, Steve Rosenberg on how Ukraine is caught in a tug-of-war between Russia and the European Union; a huge refugee camp by the Sahara Desert is hit by drought - Chris Terrill says it's difficult for the inmates and the aid agencies trying to help them. But it's a boon for Islamic militant groups looking for recruits. Freak weather has killed thirty thousand cattle in the American state, South Dakota - Sybil Ruscoe's been there to see how the ranchers are coping. James Menendez has been travelling in Burma, also known as Myanmar. The place is fast modernising, but transformation is yet to arrive on its railways. And Robin Lustig goes hiking through Peru's Andean foothills looking for coca growers and finding out why they are dubious about their government's anti-drugs initiative. 

From Our Own Correspondent is produced by Tony Grant.

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