From Our Own Correspondent
Summary: Insight, colour, wit and analysis as the BBC's foreign correspondents take a closer look at the stories in their regions.
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Despatches from the BBC's foreign correspondents.This week Bill Law examines the growing tension between Bahrain's majority Shia Muslim population and its ruling Sunni Muslim elite and Hugh Sykes explodes a few myths after touring Turkey in the lead up to its elections. Peter Biles reports from Beit Bridge, the only official crossing point between Zimbabwe and South Africa and Mark Doyle finds reasons to be cheerful over the impact of debt relief on Nigeria. In Washington, Justin Webb considers the importance of the summer vacation to American life.