Foreign Dispatch

This week, we hear about a former Soviet Republic torn between Russia and the West, the Chinese government trying to force western journalists to self-censor and photographs that reveal much about slavery in 19th century Brazil.

This week, we hear about a former Soviet Republic torn between Russia and the West, the Chinese government trying to force western journalists to self-censor and photographs that reveal much about slavery in 19th century Brazil.

This week:  China's economic win-streak, fears of anarchy in Libya, tracking Nazi music in Germany, cricket in the Vatican and Santa's early arrival in Venezuela.

This week, we hear about a new law in Brazil that toughens restrictions on abortions, doubts over an officer's testimony that forced a British cabinet minister to step down and the launch of a new underwater rail link in Turkey. 

This week we hear about treating children with PTSD in Syria, anarchists roiling the waters in Brazil, a fat tax in Mexico, a Chinese Sherlock Holmes, and women activists in Saudi Arabia defy a driving ban.

This week, we hear about a contender for Indian Prime Minister with a very controversial past, entrepreneurs in Gaza planning IT start-ups despite daunting obstacles and the International Herald Tribune's new, rather boring name.

This week, we hear about a contender for Indian Prime Minister with a very controversial past, entrepreneurs in Gaza planning IT start-ups despite daunting obstacles and the International Herald Tribune's new, rather boring name.

This week: The traumatized children of Syria … How the political crisis in Washington is impacting US policy in Asia ... and a family struggling with conflicting ideologies in Egypt.

This week, we hear about Greek authorities cracking down on the neo-fascist party Golden Dawn, a new law in China that requires adults to look after their aging parents, and a museum in Croatia for what's left over when relationships fail.

This week, we hear about the terrorist attack in Kenya, how Syrian rebels view the chemical weapons issue and the basketball prodigy inspiring his countrymen in Greece.

This week we hear about Syrian refugees received a mixed reception in Germany, Afro-Brazilian religions on the rise, France moving toward banning child beauty contests, Japan considering a free trade agreement and Chinese developers building towns that mimc Paris and Venice.

This week we hear about Syrian refugees received a mixed reception in Germany, Afro-Brazilian religions on the rise, France moving toward banning child beauty contests, Japan considering a free trade agreement and Chinese developers building towns that mimc Paris and Venice.

This week, we hear about Russia taking the lead on Syria, the vast underground lake in Kenya and the end of China's love affair with the iPhone.

This week we hear about Jews in Greece fearing the rise of neo-nazis, India's vibrant economy slowing down rapidly, holding China to its own constitution, black Americans in Paris escaped racism and a grilled treat from central Mexico.

This week, we hear from NPR's Kelly McEvers on reporting the Middle East. Also, the teachers' strike in Mexico and China's love affair with dumplings.