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World Service,02 Nov 2014,25 mins

Appearance and Reality

From Our Own Correspondent

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Owen Bennett Jones introduces Insight, wit and analysis from BBC correspondents, journalists and writers from around the world. In this edition: Hugh Sykes weighs up what Tunisia's elections have revealed about the country's Islamists and secularists; Shaimaa Khalil sees courage on show at a Pakistani beauty salon giving funds and work to survivors of acid attacks; Gabriel Gatehouse wonders about the emotional reserves needed to work with an Ebola-ambulance team in Liberia; James Copnall fears for the future of South Sudan, in a journey through some towns ruined by its ongoing civil war; Damien McGuinness tries to reconcile conflicting indicators about the strength of the German economy; and James Coomarasamy meets a small-town mayor in bluegrass Kentucky - who turns out to be very different from regional stereotype. Producer: Polly Hope

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