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World Service,31 Dec 2002,13 mins

World Service Reception

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Listeners' problems picking up the World Service English service, and why is Network Africa not available on the World Space receiver? Neil Curry responds. Also, a suggestion for using the World Service as a language teacher; using local talent to co-host news programmes; and questions such as - where does the phrase 'horn of Africa' come from? and is there a morse code signal in a World Service jingle?

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