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In Correspondents Report, the ABC's overseas reporters give their interpretation and analyses of the week's major events, and offer perceptive observations about the countries and regions in which they're based. Transcripts of the program are available where indicated and are published as soon as they become available. You can listen to today's full program or individual reports as Real Audio, Microsoft Windows Media or MP3.

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Philip Williams reports from WWI battle sites

Last Tuesday marked the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I. Commemorations were held all over the world, including France, which is where our Europe correspondent Philip Williams was reporting from at the sites of some of the bloodiest battles of that terrible conflict.

Discovering life outside Moscow

Just as people say Sydney and Melbourne aren't a true reflection of Australia, or New York isn't really the United States, many Russians will tell you that Moscow isn't what the rest of the country is like. Our Moscow correspondent Scott Bevan recently had the chance to see if that was the case, when he and his crew went on a long road trip to Saint Petersburg. As Scott learned, life outside Moscow isn't just like another world, it gave him the feeling of being stuck in a time warp.

Singer Miriam Makeba dead at 76

South Africa lost one of its favourite daughters this week when the internationally renowned singer Miriam Makeba died at the age of 76. She helped bring African music to the world. She also paid a heavy price for highlighting the injustices of Apartheid. Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghegan reflects on the remarkable life of the artist known as 'Mama Africa'.

Plenty of surprises on NZ election night

Big doesn't always mean better. With all the attention on the US election, our New Zealand correspondent Kerri Ritchie had to work very hard to get her stories in the program's rundown, with Kiwis going to the polls just a few days after the Americans. Kerri Ritchie says bosses from various programs would ask, somewhat patronisingly, "How is your little election going over there?" Won't mention any names. But when you've been posted to a country to report on what makes the place tick an election, where ever it is, doesn't feel little. And last weekend in New Zealand there was a very big result. Helen Clark's rule came to an end after nine years. Now the polls might have predicted the outcome, but for our correspondent there were still plenty of surprises on election night.

Aso less than impressed after night-time activities detailed

Amidst the myriad crises plaguing the world's economy of late, one world leader has a more domestic problem to confront. Japan's Prime Minister Taro Aso, in the job just over a month, is under pressure at home for spending too many nights out on the town. The juicy details of Mr Aso's night-time activities, bars, restaurants, dinner and cigars, have been paraded through the pages of the nation's dailies. And Mr Aso, as you might expect, is less than impressed.