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The Albanian Riviera

Correspondents in Albania, Brazil, Iraq, France and Tonga tell their stories and examine news developments in their region. Presented by Kate Adie.

Albania, not so long ago a redoubt of hardline Communism, is now hoping for EU membership. Julia Langdon's been assessing its chances during a visit to the seaside there. Emma Jane Kirby's visiting a company which makes men's pants in France. She's looking into claims that it's harder than ever to make business prosper in France. Wyre Davies is reporting on the papal visit to Brazil - gauging the impact it's making in a country buoyed up by economic optimism but still, in many places, very poor. Prashant Rao tells us about a favourite supermarket in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, and how its luck finally ran out when it was targeted by bombers. And John Pickford, in the kingdom of Tonga, finds Chinese aid to this archipelago in the Pacific plentiful but sometimes, a mixed blessing.
Tony Grant produces From Our Own Correspondent.

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Sat 27 Jul 2013 11:30

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  • Sat 27 Jul 2013 11:30