US presidential election: Saving the American dream (part 2)

With just five days to the US elections, our reporters head to the city of Las Vegas which has the highest unemployment in the country; a place where, for many, the American Dream has become the ultimate nightmare. Annette Young and her panel discuss how fixing unemployment is dominating this election campaign.

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Christopher Dickey, Paris Bureau Chief, Newsweek/The Daily Beast;
Aja Monet, Poet, Co-Editor of the Book "Chorus"; Youth Mentor;
Tim Kane, Chief Economist, Hudson Institute and Founder of the social networking firm StoryPoint;
Doug Hanks, France 24 Correspondent.
Watch the first part

Programme prepared and produced by Shamira Mohammad, Sara Bertilsson and Mary Colombel

Presenter

François Picard

21/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

More English? Non merci

Is loosening a ban on English-language classes in French universities akin to waving the white flag of surrender or a way of getting the French in on the global conversation? Passions run high in a debate that splits both academics and politicians.

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20/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Plotting Algeria's course (part 2)

Speculation over Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s health highlights Algeria’s longstanding culture of secrecy, amid worries over what will follow once the last generation to have fought the war of independence dies out.

20/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Plotting Algeria's course

16/05/2013 - THE DEBATE

Hollande's rebuttal: French president meets the press (part 2)

In the face of recession and dismal poll numbers, the French president promises to go on the offensive, but by staging his grand bi-annual press conference one day after a trip to Brussels, does François Hollande give the impression he’s come with his marching orders?