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World Service,23 Sep 2010,28 mins

From Our Own Correspondent

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Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents around the world. Lyse Doucet - Afghan elections In a country in which the choices of the young are a barometer of progress, almost half of the candidates vying for office in the recent elections in Afghanistan were under the age of 30. Steven Rosenberg - Future of Russia Where is Russia heading? Has Vladimir Putin still got an appetite for the country's top job? Justin Rowlatt - Benguela Railway China is helping to revive some of Africa's old colonial trade routes into the heart of the continent. What does the coming of the Chinese, mean to the people of Angola? Christopher Landau - Becoming a priest One journalist is leaving the BBC to train to be a priest in the Church of England. Annie Caulfield - Every snake is useful The man on a mission dedicating to defending snakes. Presented by Alan Johnston.

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