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Potent Plants and Deserted Dogs

Wit, erudition and insight from around the world, taking in a Belizean prison, abandoned dogs in South Korea and khat chewing on the Horn of Africa.

Wit, erudition and insight from around the world. Charlotte McDonald visits a prison in Belize; Steve Evans reports on the dogs left behind by South Korea's disgraced ex-president; James Jeffrey discovers the link between khat and Premiership football and Hugh Schofield remembers a rather special French teacher.

(Photo: A Somali man chews khat, a leaf native to East Africa chewed for its stimulant properties. Credit: Getty Images)

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Sun 19 Mar 201722:06GMT
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  • Sun 19 Mar 201702:06GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet
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    BBC World Service Americas and the Caribbean
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    BBC World Service except Americas and the Caribbean & News Internet
  • Sun 19 Mar 201722:06GMT
    BBC World Service except News Internet