Old Habits Die Hard
From Our Own Correspondent
BBC
4.4 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2016
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Around the world in less than half an hour. A slump in global oil prices has hit Angola hard but still, there are glimpses of wealth everywhere and abject poverty's never far away; the Iraqi city of Basra is governed by hardline Iranian-backed Islamic politicians but that doesn't stop its citizens enjoying themselves at a brand new shopping mall they call Times Square; what happens to the clothes you give away to charity shops? Many are beginning a journey which could lead to countries in Asia or Africa but first stop, we learn, might be a giant warehouse in Hungary; the quality of the air in Hong Kong has reached new lows and people are becoming ill with respiratory problems and cancers -- we're off in search of the one spot in the city that usually escapes the smog. And, in the primary schools of France they take poetry very seriously indeed. That can mean a homework nightmare. For the children -- and for parents too
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, |
| 0:02.0 | you're about to hear the latest edition of From Our Own Correspondent, a download from BBC Radio in London. |
| 0:07.0 | This is the program from Saturday, June 11th, 2016, |
| 0:11.0 | and it's introduced as ever by Kate Adi. |
| 0:14.0 | Hello, Angolan oils in new hands. |
| 0:18.0 | The President's appointed his daughter, Boss of the State Oil Company. |
| 0:22.0 | We find a temple of tolerance in the hardline Iraqi |
| 0:25.1 | city with grim memories for the British. The number 15 bus takes us to the one place in |
| 0:30.9 | Hong Kong where we just might find fresh air. |
| 0:34.8 | And there's poetry trauma in the classrooms of France, but perhaps chocolate can get those |
| 0:39.7 | stanzas to stick. |
| 0:42.5 | The President of Angola, Jose Eduardo Dros Santos, has appointed his daughter Isabel, |
| 0:48.0 | head of the state oil company, Son Angol. |
| 0:50.9 | Earlier he sacked the company's entire board. |
| 0:53.6 | There are reports of a multi-billion pound shortfall in its accounts. |
| 0:57.8 | The President's daughter also has sizable stakes in ungolan banking, |
| 1:02.2 | the media, telecommunications, and the diamond |
| 1:05.1 | industry too. The country is now one of Africa's largest oil producers, but the |
| 1:10.1 | slump in global prices has had a serious effect on its economy |
| 1:14.1 | and Karen Allen, who's been in the capital Luanda this week, |
| 1:17.6 | says it's clear many people are struggling to get by. |
| 1:21.2 | It looked like a piece of forensic evidence at a murder trial, but no, it was just my old |
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