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A referendum? A movie that's got it all? Or 348 chicken wings? Pascale Harter introduces correspondents' tales of what people want in different parts of the world - and asks whether it really makes them happy. Mark Lowen in Ukraine reflects on the locals' appetite for history; Lina Sinjab describes how "the last hedonist in Damascus" keeps his spirits up amid Syria's civil war; Robin Denselow finds plenty of dissatisfaction among the idling tour guides of Egypt as visitors stay away; Robin Day learns why after scaling the heights of economic success, South Korea's now looking to become both more creative and more normal; Caroline Davies visits a Bollywood set to see how the Indian film industry works its magic; and Tara Isabella Burton witnesses the festival of over-indulgence that is the Philadelphia Wing Bowl - where it's not just the eating which gets competitive. Producer: Polly Hope Photo: Vladimir Konstantinov (L), recently named Crimean parliament speaker, and Sergei Aksyonov, recently named Crimean Prime Minister (R), celebrate in the Kremlin in Moscow on March 18, 2014, after signing a treaty on the Crimea peninsula becoming part of Russia. KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images.
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