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The sacred song of war BBC World Service
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The sacred song of war

Misha Glenny's final programme on Russia - what it is and where it came from - looks at the...

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Catherine the Great and the question of Europe BBC World Service
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Catherine the Great and the question of Europe

It was Peter the Great who created a new capital on the Baltic, and Catherine the Great who...

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The Invention of Russia: The empire strikes back BBC World Service
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The Invention of Russia: The empire strikes back

Countries look so cohesive on the map - sturdy borders, familiar shapes. Don't be misled. They...

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The invention of Russia: Moscow BBC World Service
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The invention of Russia: Moscow

Countries look so cohesive on the map - sturdy borders, familiar shapes. Don't be misled. They...

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Sounds of the city: Tel Aviv BBC World Service
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Sounds of the city: Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv is a bustling place and for a blind person it can be a little daunting, as BBC...

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Sounds of the city: Los Angeles BBC World Service
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Sounds of the city: Los Angeles

In a new series of Sounds of the City Peter White, who has been blind since birth, uses the...

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Bhopal: Part one BBC World Service
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Bhopal: Part one

When one of journalist Rajkumar Keswani's friends dies at the Union Carbide plant after exposure...

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How to be a former president: Part three BBC World Service
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How to be a former president: Part three

Giles Edwards looks inside the private clubs of former world leaders to see how they are still...

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How to be a former president: Part two BBC World Service
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How to be a former president: Part two

Giles Edwards investigates the many opportunities offered by globalisation, and speaks to some of...

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How to be a former president: Part one BBC World Service
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How to be a former president: Part one

What happens to presidents and prime ministers when they stop running their countries, and leave...

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Mexico BBC World Service
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Stories from the New Silk Road: Mexico

The town of El Triunfo in Tabasco state is not far from the Mexican border with Guatemala....

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Jamaica BBC World Service
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Stories from the New Silk Road: Jamaica

From highways to hospitals, Chinese construction firms continue to work on a number of...

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Panama BBC World Service
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Stories from the New Silk Road: Panama

The Panama Canal is a great feat of engineering and a place of huge global significance for trade...

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Stories from the New Silk Road: Ecuador BBC World Service
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Stories from the New Silk Road: Ecuador

The Cordillera del Condor mountain range in the east of Ecuador is where the mountains meets the...

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On the Border: Narva BBC World Service
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On the Border: Narva

Tim Marshall on Narva where The EU, Europe and Nato meet the Russian Federation. It's a city in...

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On the Border: Kinshasa and Brazzaville BBC World Service
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On the Border: Kinshasa and Brazzaville

Tim Marshall delves into the strange story of Kinshasa and Brazzaville the only capitals...

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On the Border: Niagara Falls BBC World Service
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On the Border: Niagara Falls

Tim Marshall considers Niagara Falls, the busiest crossing point on the world’s longest border....

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On the Border: Maastricht BBC World Service
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On the Border: Maastricht

Tim Marshall profiles Maastricht, the city where 30 years ago the European Union was born. Have...

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Life in soil: Tasting the earth in France BBC World Service
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Life in soil: Tasting the earth in France

Writer and environmentalist Isabelle Legeron is in France to see how cultivating a healthy soil,...

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LIfe in soil: The death of soil BBC World Service
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LIfe in soil: The death of soil

Isabelle Legeron travels to Giessen in Germany, to the original laboratory of Justus Von Liebig...

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