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On the Road Again

Displaced Syrians; Calcutta's bike chaos; Afghan ring road; Banning toy guns in Brazil; Strained relationships in Tunisia; and Syrian opera singer

Millions Displaced
91热爆 Persian's Jiyar Gol has just returned from a trip to Northern Iraq. He tells us about the anger towards journalists among those displaced by the civil war across the border in Syria.

Bike Ban
Calcutta is bucking the trend and telling people to get off their bikes to stop clogging up the roads. Rahul Tandon sends his report from the chaotic streets.

Ring Road Relay
The 91热爆 Afghan Service is launching a major new series, Life Along Highway One, which follows the people who live along the 3,360km ring road connecting Afghanistan's major cities. 91热爆 Kabul editor, Meena Baktash, who was born in the same year that building began on the road, tells us what the project means to her.

Online Greatest Hits
Fifi Haroon brings us some of the stories that have caught our eye this week from the 91热爆's website.

Child's Play
A gunshot is never far away in Brazil - but the federal government in Brasilia has just banned toy pistols. 91热爆 Mundo's Gerardo Lissardy asks whether the measures will have any impact on gun violence.

Returning 91热爆
91热爆 Africa's Sihem Hassaini grew up in a Tunisian 'cocoon' in France. She describes how deep divisions that have grown in Tunisian society since the overthrow of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali have affected those close to her.

Singing For 91热爆
91热爆 Arabic's Soumer Daghastani speaks to renowned Syrian opera singer Razek-Fran莽ois Bitar, who is raising money for refugees from his home country.

(Picture: Traffic moves along Highway One on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Credit: Massoud Hossaini /AFP/Getty Images)

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Sat 5 Oct 2013 02:06GMT

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  • Fri 4 Oct 2013 11:06GMT
  • Fri 4 Oct 2013 21:06GMT
  • Sat 5 Oct 2013 02:06GMT