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World Service,14 Jul 2012,25 mins

Weekend Edition 14 July 2012

From Our Own Correspondent

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Pascale Harter introduces the pick of this week's personal stories, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents and writers around the world. In this edition: ALAN JOHNSTON feels the strain of Italy's new austerity on the streets of Rome, in the working-class district of Testaccio; DAMIEN McGUINNESS describes how despite a stern fiscal haircut, some Latvians are wearing their 'cheap chic' well; NATASHA BREED traces the reasons for growing conflict between man and lion in Kenya; HAMILTON WENDE sees how his home town of Johannesburg is trying to shed its old image as a crime-ridden urban assault course; and ANU ANAND traces the roots of her family tree on a very personal pilgrimage to Haridwar, India - and finds just the Hindu priest to ask for help.

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