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Despatches from correspondents around the world. This week Alan Johnston presents stories from India, Somalia, Dubai and the United States.

In this week's edition of From Our Own Correspondent;

At the end of his posting in Delhi, Chris Morris looks back on his time in India and considers the country's most pressing problem - corruption. With the government under scrutiny like never before and businesses demanding greater transparency, he asks - is India ripe for reform?

Justin Marozzi joins African Union forces on the front line in Mogadishu as they battle the insurgent Islamists, al-Shabab. He finds a city in perpetual conflict, but meets locals who are determined to live a normal life.

It's more than a year since news of Dubai's debts sent a shudder through the global financial markets. Sarah Monaghan goes back to the troubled emirate to see how things have changed.

And in Las Vegas, David Willis reports on a turf war between two rival Mafia museums.

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