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From Our Own Correspondent

The Devil's Building Site

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Around the world in less than half an hour! Today: a four-day trek through the remotest parts of Argentina in search of an old man who might have a story to tell; communal activities finally return to the agenda in Liberia now the fear of Ebola is fading; the Israeli prime minister's about to address the joint Houses of Congress in Washington - the White House is not enthusiastic; a journey underground in the Iranian capital Tehran - it provides a picture of Iranian society most tourists will never see and as American and Cuban representatives resume diplomatic negotiations, there's hope in Havana it might all result in better menus!

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Thank you for downloading the latest edition of BBC radios from our own correspondent,

0:05.0

the best in news and current affairs storytelling.

0:08.0

It's introduced by Kate Aide.

0:10.0

Hello, today the fear of Ebola is finally receding, but the markets left on Liberia will take

0:16.6

generations to fade. Has the Ayatollah's revolution in 1979 eventually helped Iranian women rather than hindered them.

0:26.2

The shrimp's off, so are the burgers, out of red snapper too, but Cubans hope that coming in from

0:32.2

the diplomatic cold might heat up their menus.

0:35.8

And all does not go entirely to plan as we trek to the mountains of Argentina in search of the

0:40.7

world's loneliest pensioner.

0:44.4

The Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was at the White House yesterday, thanking

0:49.3

Barak Obama for the work the Americans have put in to rid her country of Ebola.

0:54.0

Washington contributed $2.5 billion and nearly 3,000 American troops

0:59.0

to help the nation fight and recover from an Ebola outbreak which in Liberia alone killed more than 4,000 people.

1:07.0

In their talks at the White House, the two presidents discussed the lessons that could be learned from the battle against the deadly virus.

1:14.0

Andrew Harding has sent us this dispatch from Liberia.

1:18.0

Late afternoon in Monrovia and the Women's Kickball League is furiously busy on a patch of rocky ground near the

1:23.9

river's edge.

1:24.9

There are screams and roars of laughter as the team captain running barefoot nearly trips

1:29.1

on her way to first base.

1:31.2

Around them, the roar of traffic and the strong smell of dried fish across the bridge.

1:36.1

The Third Division, Ambassadors Football Club are playing their own practice match on another

1:40.5

patch of dirt.

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