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All manner of visitors are seeking an audience with the powerful in Zimbabwe these days. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world.

All manner of visitors are seeking an audience with the powerful in Zimbabwe these days. Kate Adie introduces stories from correspondents around the world:

Fergal Keane was once blacklisted in Zimbabwe, and resorted to undercover reporting, but now the country is 鈥渙pen for business鈥 he hears, as he is welcomed into the President鈥檚 office - ahead of politicians, would-be investors, and even a former leading light in the opposition.
Linda Pressly speaks to one of the survivors of a fire that killed 41 teenagers in a state-run children鈥檚 home. She is an orphan, the daughter of a drug dealer and a sex worker, but has big plans for herself and her brother.
Kirsty Lang meets a woman from New Zealand who arrived in Petra as a backpacker 40 years ago and has been there ever since. But why are some women being warned about the dangers of 鈥楯ack Sparrows鈥 in the ancient Jordanian city?
Laurence Blair is on manoeuvers with naval officers from Bolivia 鈥 the landlocked nation that is hoping the International Court of Justice will force its neighbour, Chile, to give up some of its coastline.
And, as he prepares to leave India, Justin Rowlatt reflects on his three and half years in South Asia 鈥 and finds time to savour one last street shave

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