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EPISODE · Jun 23, 2012 · 28 MIN

Folly of Empire

from From Our Own Correspondent · host BBC Radio 4

Rumours and conspiracy theories swirl around Egypt; the Greeks fed up with being criticised for attitudes towards Europe; businessmen and environmentalists squabble over the River Danube in Croatia; how love, trolls and goblins help the Swedish government balance its books and musings on the folly of empire from half way up a volcano in Indonesia.

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