BBC News | Programmes | From Our Own Correspondent | UK EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.Why dying is forbidden in the Arctic- July 12, 2008 In one remote Norwegian town, residents try to steer clear of falling ill, as Duncan Bartlett discovers.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7501691.stm Nelson Mandela: A nation's icon- July 12, 2008 As Nelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday, Peter Biles reflects on his extraordinary life.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7501741.stm Iran and Israel's war of words- July 12, 2008 Jonathan Marcus talks to ordinary Israelis about Iran and discovers that, historically, the two countries were actually allies.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7501784.stm Farmers caught in the poppy trade- July 5, 2008 The BBC's Kate Clark meets the Afghan farmers trapped by the criminal economy of the poppy trade.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7489871.stm From our own correspondent Charles Wheeler- July 4, 2008 Sir Charles Wheeler has died, aged 85. He often wrote for FooC and explains here why he loved doing so.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7489847.stm The fabled city of Timbuktu- July 4, 2008 Hamilton Wende travels through Mali to find the faded glory of its legendary city.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7488149.stm Pakistan's future in the balance- July 3, 2008 Barbara Plett says Pakistan's four-month-old coalition government has not fulfilled the hopes of the people.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7487187.stm |