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The World This Week - August 31st, 2012 (part 2)

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Mitt Romney’s big speech gets upstaged by Clint Eastwood’s improv at the Republican convention. So if the nominee is so uninspiring, why is the US election race so close? Also, the first visit to Tehran of an Egyptian president since the Iranian Revolution doesn’t go to plan, and the impact of the Apple vs Samsung patent wars.

THE WORLD THIS WEEK
  • Craig COPETAS, Correspondent-at-large, Quartz/The Atlantic Group;
  • Régis LE SOMMIER, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Paris Match;
  • Célestine BOHLEN, Freelance journalist;
  • Douglas HERBERT, International Affairs Editor, France 24.

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Call it the price of cheap clothes. The Bangladesh factory fire highlights consumers’ insatiable demand for cheaper and cheaper garments. Is it up to regulators to demand higher standards or consumers to boycott unscrupulous retailers? Also, how the rest of Europe should handle Germany, why France said "non" to Yahoo!’s buyout of Dailymotion and Europe’s bid to save its bees.
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