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Journalists in Syria: observers, actors or targets? (part 2)

What has happened to the three journalists thought to be still trapped in the Syrian city of Homs? British photographer Paul Conroy was evacuated last night in an operation that left a dozen or more people dead but what about Edith Bouvier, William Daniels and Javier Espinosa? Laura Baines and her panel discuss whether Syria has become too dangerous for foreign journalists, or if their profession demands they keep on reporting the facts whatever the risks.

  • Robert MAHONEY, Deputy Director, Committee to Protect Journalists;
  • Luis PERAL, Senior Fellow, European Union Institute for Security Studies;
  • Catherine NORRIS-TRENT, France 24 reporter.

    Watch the first part.

Germany envy
02/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Germany envy

The just rewards of a virtuous model and a talented generation, or is an unprecedented all-German UEFA Champions League final the future of a Europe where new "financial fair play" rules suit the Bundesliga better than its rivals? François Picard’s panel looks at Germany’s winning football model.
May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)
01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left (part 2)

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of the labor law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace?
May Day! Hollande's policies split French left
01/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

May Day! Hollande's policies split French left

Voters on the left rue the French government's first loosening of labour law in decades. François Picard's panel wonders if under the guise of the Socialist label, a quiet revolution might be afoot in the French workplace.
Karzai's CIA cash (part 2)
30/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Karzai's CIA cash (part 2)

Bags of cash delivered monthly to the Afghan National Security Council offered a quick-fix solution in a nation steeped in a tradition of patronage, but François Picard's panel worries that CIA payments may ultimately undermine US efforts to pull out of a stable Afghanistan.
Karzai's CIA cash
30/04/2013 - THE DEBATE

Karzai's CIA cash

Bags of cash delivered monthly to the Afghan National Security Council offered a quick-fix solution in a nation steeped in a tradition of patronage, but François Picard's panel worries that CIA payments may ultimately undermine US efforts to pull out of a stable Afghanistan.

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