 freely because Aung San Suu Kyi's government was in power and there was a very powerful sense of hope that things were going to change. That was Claire Hammond on her journeys on the railway lines, many of them hidden in Myanmar. Her book On the Shadow Tracks tells that story. You're listening to Weekend from the BBC World Service. In a moment I'll introduce you to my two guests who are with me for the rest of the programme. Before that, the latest international news headlines.