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Lost Stories From Uzbekistan

Uzbek victims of Stalin's Terror; camel milk in Somaliland; Seoul's rooftop slums; "so long" to western films in Turkey; My Home Town Hanoi; and reporting Venezuela.

A chance encounter in a Tashkent street brought BBC Uzbek's Ibrat Safo an amazing story. A local academic took him to a museum dedicated to the Uzbek victims of Stalin's purges, and shared some of the stories he'd uncovered.

For the love of camels
Bidhaan Dahir of BBC Somali spent his summers with camels, but didn't much like camel milk. But today camel milk is a growing business opportunity, so Bidhaan set about learning a new skill, milking a camel.

Seoul's rooftop slums
In the South Korean capital rooftop homes are the worst sort of housing, tiny, and exposed to the elements. So people were surprised when Seoul's mayor, Park Won-Soon, decided to live in one for a month. William Lee from BBC Korean met him.

The last stand of westerns in Turkey
Turkey’s state broadcaster TRT has axed American westerns from its schedules. Westerns have been an intergral part of Sunday morning viewing for decades, so why the change? Enis Senerdem and Cagil Kasapoglu of BBC Turkish explain.

My Home Town: Hanoi, Vietnam
Vietnamese journalist Nga Pham takes us to the place she grew up, the Vietnamese capital Hanoi.

Hello Venezuela
Guillermo Olmo is the new BBC Mundo correspondent in Venezuela. He last visited a decade ago, but today it's a different country. He shares his initial impressions.

Image: Brothers Muhammadjon and Rahmatjon Avazjanov
Credit: Bahrom Irzayev

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Fri 31 Aug 201817:06GMT

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