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This edition was broadcast on BBC Radio 4

on Thursday the 29th of September 2016.

It's introduced by Kate Ady. Hello.

Today, a brief guide to modern Iran based on sampling the local snacks on offer.

To Venezuela where there's a booming business in kidnapping, we get the cold facts from a gangland

boss.

Among the tech savvy young in Mauritania, our correspondent wonders if they're all part of

one big happy family, and more food,

food, little green crabs and tiny flat fish,

snacks from the sea of Normandy.

First to the Seychelles, an idyllic holiday destination in the Indian Ocean, for some a place of political

upheaval for the locals.

This week the President James Michel resigned after his ruling party, the Party Lapepp, suffered its first ever defeat in parliamentary elections.

An opposition alliance won a majority in the National Assembly,

meaning the President would face difficulties passing legislation and getting budget approval.

Tim Eckott has been to observe the shifting political landscape in the capital, Victoria.

In the feverish atmosphere of the electoral campaign, the Opposition Alliance,

Luneon Democratic Céséézééééois had one obvious crowd pleaser to energize their supporters.

It was a song by Rass Rickey, a local rap artist who'd composed a tune called Pilo Li.

In Creole it means stamp on them,

and it became a rallying cry for the LDS

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