June 30, 2011
From Our Own Correspondent
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🗓️ 30 June 2011
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Now the Greek parliament's voted for austerity, large numbers of people working in the country's huge public sector are waiting to see where first the axe will fall -- Manuela Saragosa's in Athens. Saving cash is a theme throughout Europe and Mark Lobel's been to Strasbourg where some say the city should no longer be a base for the European Parliament, it's just too expensive. Venezuelan security forces are said to have been tunnelling INTO a jail to try to resolve a riot inside. Sarah Grainger in Caracas on the state of Venezuela's chaotic prison system. Chris Hogg's in Shanghai where, ninety years ago, the Chinese Communist Party was formed. He examines some of its founding principles and assesses how relevant they are today. And it's been a sad week for supporters of the Argentine football club River Plate. Their team has been relegated to a lower division. But isn't football just a game? Daniel Schweimler, who's in Buenos Aires, says that in Argentina, it's much more than that!
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to From Our Own Correspondent from the BBC. |
| 0:03.9 | You can also hear the World Service Edition of the programme on the BBC I Player, |
| 0:08.6 | but this is the latest programme from Radio 4, introduced by Kate Aide. |
| 0:14.0 | Today redundancy looms for the bright young things who entrusted their future to the Greek |
| 0:18.6 | State. |
| 0:20.6 | Venezuelan security forces tunnel into a jail to help get the prisoners out. |
| 0:25.4 | It's a happy 90th to the Chinese Communist Party, but what's become of those principles it's |
| 0:30.5 | set out with back in 1921, and football, just a game, tell that to the heartbroken |
| 0:37.4 | fans of the River Plate Club in Argentina. |
| 0:41.7 | The Greek Parliament is this morning resuming a debate on a controversial austerity programme |
| 0:46.6 | after giving it approval in principle yesterday. The move was welcomed by the European Union |
| 0:52.0 | as a vital step back from Greece defaulting on its debts. |
| 0:56.3 | But there's been hostile public reaction to the proposed measures. |
| 0:59.8 | The debate in Parliament has been taking place against a backdrop of strikes, protests and violent |
| 1:05.4 | clashes with the police. |
| 1:07.4 | Today members of Parliament are going into detail about proposed tax hikes, pay cuts and |
| 1:12.1 | privatisations, and tens of thousands of jobs |
| 1:15.1 | are likely to go in the country's huge public sector. Manuela Saragossa is |
| 1:20.0 | just back from Athens. |
| 1:22.0 | Vangelis is no ordinary Greek. |
| 1:25.0 | About ten years ago he did the unthinkable. |
| 1:28.0 | He turned down a job at the Central Bank of Greece |
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