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November 29, 2013 — Dispatches from the Philippines, Kenya and China
Foreign Dispatch Nov 30, 2013 | 01:54 amThis week, we hear about burying the victims - and helping the survivors - of the Philippines typhoon, corruption and tribalism in Kenya's police force and relaxing the "one-child policy" in China.
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November 15, 2013 — Dispatches from Ukraine, China and Brazil
Foreign Dispatch Nov 16, 2013 | 00:23 amThis week, we hear about a former Soviet Republic torn between Russia and the West, the Chinese government trying to force western journalists to self-censor and photographs that reveal much about slavery in 19th century Brazil.
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November 8, 2013 — Dispatches from China, Libya, Germany, Italy, Venezuela
Foreign Dispatch Nov 9, 2013 | 01:15 amThis week: China's economic win-streak, fears of anarchy in Libya, tracking Nazi music in Germany, cricket in the Vatican and Santa's early arrival in Venezuela.
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November 1, 2013 — Dispatches from Brazil, Britain and Turkey
Foreign Dispatch Nov 2, 2013 | 00:43 amThis week, we hear about a new law in Brazil that toughens restrictions on abortions, doubts over an officer's testimony that forced a British cabinet minister to step down and the launch of a new underwater rail link in Turkey.
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October 25, 2013 — Dispatches from Syria, Brazil, Mexico, China and Saudi Arabia
Foreign Dispatch Oct 26, 2013 | 01:33 amThis week we hear about treating children with PTSD in Syria, anarchists roiling the waters in Brazil, a fat tax in Mexico, a Chinese Sherlock Holmes, and women activists in Saudi Arabia defy a driving ban.
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October 18, 2013 — Dispatches from India, the Gaza strip and France
Foreign Dispatch Oct 19, 2013 | 02:33 amThis week, we hear about a contender for Indian Prime Minister with a very controversial past, entrepreneurs in Gaza planning IT start-ups despite daunting obstacles and the International Herald Tribune's new, rather boring name.
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October 11, 2013 — Dispatches from Syria, China and Egypt
Foreign Dispatch Oct 12, 2013 | 00:23 amThis week: The traumatized children of Syria … How the political crisis in Washington is impacting US policy in Asia ... and a family struggling with conflicting ideologies in Egypt.
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October 4, 2013 — Dispatches from Kenya, Greece, China, and Croatia
Foreign Dispatch Oct 4, 2013 | 23:24 pmThis week, we hear about Greek authorities cracking down on the neo-fascist party Golden Dawn, a new law in China that requires adults to look after their aging parents, and a museum in Croatia for what's left over when relationships[…]
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September 27, 2013 — Dispatches from Kenya, Syria and Greece
Foreign Dispatch Sep 28, 2013 | 01:20 amThis week, we hear about the terrorist attack in Kenya, how Syrian rebels view the chemical weapons issue and the basketball prodigy inspiring his countrymen in Greece.
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September 20, 2013 — Dispatches from Germany, Brazil, Japan, France and China
Foreign Dispatch Sep 21, 2013 | 05:36 amThis week we hear about Syrian refugees received a mixed reception in Germany, Afro-Brazilian religions on the rise, France moving toward banning child beauty contests, Japan considering a free trade agreement and Chinese developers building towns that mimc Paris and[…]
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