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- Asif Ali Zardari - Charles Taylor - England - floods - Israel - Lebanon - Nicolas Sarkozy - Pakistan - security


THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, August, 6th (part 2)

On this week's programme: Zardari visits Paris and London and doesn’t seem to be concerned by the floods in his own country. Tensions between Lebanon & Israel. Taylor’s case: Naomi Campbell’s testimony: "The Beauty, The Bad and the blood diamonds". Wildfires in Russia turn the heat up on Putin. Last but not least: Michelle Obama’s holidays in Spain: is Marbella turning from cheap to chic?

By Mounia BEN AÏSSA

Our Friday guests :

  • David CLARK, Deputy bureau chief Paris, AFP, Former Bagdad Bureau Chief
  • Hall GARDNER, Professor of International Relations, American University of Paris
  • Tom REDBURN, Managing Editor, International Herald Tribune
  • Renée KAPLAN, senior producer, France 24

A programme produced by Mounia Ben Aïssa

 

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