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Radio 4,14 Feb 2009,30 mins

Middle East - Road Trips Across America

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MIDDLE EAST John McCarthy is joined by James Hider, the Middle East Correspondent for the Times Newspaper to discuss Syria, Jordan and Israel; despite the troubles and uncertainties tourists have not been deterred from visiting the region to explore the astounding landscape, history and culture. ROAD TRIPS ACROSS AMERICA American novelist Poe Ballantine shares his thirty years of road trips across America. He’s published his experiences of “odd jobs, dead-end shifts, drinking a lot of beer, meeting a lot of oddballs, sleeping in motel rooms”, in a collection of stories entitled Things I Like About America..

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