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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, May, 28th (part 2)

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Rudderless Europe worries the markets, Obama and the oil slick, sabre-rattling between the two Koreas, and why a drug lord in Jamaica is so popular among the locals. Joining François Picard in The World This Week: Matthew Saltmarsh of the International Herald Tribune, Judah Grunstein of World Politics Review, Paul Taylor of the Reuters news agency and Pierre Haski of French news website Rue89.com.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK

Watch the first part of the show here.

Program prepared by Mounia Ben Aïssa.

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