Tawakul Karman, Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate

Tatiana Massad meets Tawakul Karman, co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize 2011. A Yemeni activist and journalist, she is the first Arab woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize, which she dedicates to the Yemeni people.

THE INTERVIEW

Douglas Herbert

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Melissa Bell

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Armen Georgian

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Annette Young

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Marc Perelman

French Politics Editor

26/02/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Gilbert Achcar, author of 'The People Want: a radical exploration of the Arab uprising'

As Tunisia continues to reel from the murder of leftist opposition leader, Chokri Belaid, the ruling Islamist party Ennahda is struggling to regain public confidence. Noted French author and academic, Gilbert Achcar, tells Annette Young why he believes Islamist political leaders across the region are set to fail at the job.

25/02/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Marion Zipfel, French journalist and China specialist

How rich is too rich if you live in the world's largest Communist country? At last count, in October, China had 113 billionaires - a quadrupling of the number in the space of just three years! Douglas Herbert speaks to China specialist Marion Zipfel about China’s "red" billionaires.

21/02/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Kristalina Georgieva, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid

Kristalina Georgieva, who has recently come back from Mali, speaks to Marc Perelman about the need to stabilise the country’s food security situation. Already struggling to cope with several droughts, Malians now face political instability, ethnic tensions and a continuing Islamist threat that have worsened the food crisis.

20/02/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Tonio Borg, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy

How should the EU fight food fraud? In the light of the horsemeat scandal, EU Commissioner for Health and Consumer policy Tonio Borg outlines ways to improve monitoring. But he stresses that it's up to member states to put the legal screws on cheats.

19/02/2013 - THE INTERVIEW

Grady Summers, Vice President, Mandiant

The US computer security firm Mandiant strongly suspects a secretive branch of China's military of carrying out cyber attacks against US companies. Douglas Herbert speaks to the company’s vice president, Grady Summers, about the findings from its six-year investigation detailed in a 60-page report.