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THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Friday, 27th of August - Part 2

This friday in One Week in The World : AQIM and the release of the two Spanish hostages; will US economy (real estate, increasing of unemployment) have impacts on the midterms? Unease at the quai d’Orsay with Sarkozy & the diplomatic corps. Finally Nadja Benaissa, the german pop star accused of infecting a former partner with the virus has been given a two-year suspended prison sentence.

By Mounia BEN AÏSSA

On the set:

  • Alison Smale, Directrice de la rédaction, International Herald Tribune
  • Célestine Bohlen, Freelance journalist
  • Philip Turle, Journalist, RFI
  • Edward Cody, Paris correspondent, Washington Post

Programme prepared by Mounia Ben Aïssa

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