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Radio 4,31 Oct 2009,30 mins

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Kate Adie introduces BBC foreign correspondents with the stories behind the headlines. A talk with a night witch in Moscow; fear, suspicion and heavy artillery on the streets of Conakry, Guinea; what the ancient traditions of Halloween reveal about modern America; an insight into the two rivals about to contest the second round of the Afghan presidential election.

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