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World Service,02 Jun 2012,25 mins

Weekend Edition 2 June 2012

From Our Own Correspondent

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Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world. Introduced by Pascale Harter. In this edition: Will Ross learns how to swindle millions in a Nigerian fuel-import fraud; Paul Adams asks how Mormons in Utah feel about Mitt Romney's Presidential run; Alan Johnston takes a stroll in a Sicilian town with a fearsome reputation as a Mafia stronghold; Matthew Teller finds a dump-turned-park bringing new life to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia; Sarah Rainsford attempts to write down some of the bizarre first names now common in Cuba; and Peter Day extols the arrival of a truly universal plug socket in China - a boon to the cantankerous traveller.

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