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Elaine Sciolino, Paris correspondent for the New York Times and author of 'La Seduction'

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Elaine Sciolino is a Paris correspondent for the New York Times, and author of a new - and suddenly very timely - book on the art of seduction, French-style. She gives us her take on the latest twists in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case. The former IMF chief is now free without bail, although the charges against him still stand. Meanwhile, a French writer who alleges he attempted to rape her several years ago has said she will press charges.

THE INTERVIEW
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Laure Mandeville, senior correspondent, Le Figaro

After more than a decade spent documenting events in the former Soviet Union, Laure Mandeville has compiled her extensive knowledge into a book "La reconquête russe" (The Russian Recovery) which tries to better understand the Russian psyche.
03/02/2009 - DAVOS - THE INTERVIEW

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde

FRANCE 24's Raphael Kahane met Christine Lagarde, France's finance minister, at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss the consequences of the current economic turmoil and the expectations of political leaders ahead of April's G20 meeting.
03/02/2009 - DAVOS - THE INTERVIEW

Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel prize for economics

FRANCE 24's Raphael Kahane asked Joseph Stiglitz, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 2001, what kind of future awaits the world economy in 2009 and his opinion on the US stimulus package.
31/01/2009 - THE FRANCE 24 INTERVIEW

Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO, Novartis

FRANCE 24's Stéphanie Antoine met Daniel Vasella, CEO of Novartis, a healthcare group, at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss the strategy of Novartis throughout the economic turmoil and the issue of access to medecine.
28/01/2009 - THE INTERVIEW

Esther Duflo, Economist, Professor MIT

One of the top young economists, our guest today founded the Poverty Action Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has helped redefine development economics, all in the aim of helping the poor lead better lives.

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