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Radio 4,22 Dec 2012,30 mins

A Parisian merry-go-round ride

From Our Own Correspondent

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Kate Adie presents despatches from reporters across the globe. Lucy Ash travels to Burma where she finds that Chinese investment ventures are being challenged by local people. As Greece receives it latest tranche of bailout funds, Mark Lowen looks back over a tumultuous year in the country. Andrew North looks at the controversy surrounding the proposed introduction of foreign supermarkets to India. Joanna Robertson joins in the Parisian love affair with fairgrounds. Horatio Clare explains why change might be coming to the remote island of St. Helena in the very near future. Producer: Jane Beresford.

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