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The best of FRANCE 24’s special reports in 2012

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In 2012, France 24 brought you dozens of great reports: Caught in the crossfire in Colombia; a story of hope for democracy in Burma; the fading American dream in Las Vegas; the revival of "made in France". Wherever news was breaking, France 24 was there. We take a look back at some of this year's highlights.

REPORTERS
By Sylvain ROUSSEAU

 

 

EXCLUSIVE REPORT - The battle for Damascus
15/08/2012 - Reporters

EXCLUSIVE REPORT - The battle for Damascus

Despite the military cordon that now surrounds Damascus, our reporters Matthieu Mabin and Sofia Amara managed to enter the city. They report on the rebel fighters’ struggle to overthrow the Assad regime. Warning: video contains graphic footage.
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EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Revolution and Jihad in Syria’s Aleppo
09/08/2012 - Reporters

EXCLUSIVE REPORT: Revolution and Jihad in Syria’s Aleppo

The anti-regime rebels in Syria all want to overthrow President Bashar al-Assad. But an increasingly influential faction aims to set up a caliphate, and some of these jihadists are members of the Free Syrian Army. Watch our exclusive report from the heart of the insurgency, the Salaheddin district of Aleppo. (Warning: video contains graphic footage.)
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Economic crisis: young French graduates try their luck in Morocco
02/08/2012 - REPORTERS

Economic crisis: young French graduates try their luck in Morocco

High unemployment, economic crisis, rampant gloom and doom...More and more French graduates are leaving their homeland behind to try their luck Morocco. Our reporter spent some time with these young people, who have emigrated in search of a better life on the other side of the Mediterranean.
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Thailand's Burmese slaves
27/07/2012 - REPORTERS

Thailand's Burmese slaves

In Mahachai, an industrial zone south of Bangkok, half a million Burmese people work in the fishing industry. But most have no papers and make easy pickings for organised crime. Held against their will and forced to work at sea for months on end, they are treated cruelly by their captors. France 24’s Cyril Payen brings you an investigation into this new form of human slavery.
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Paul Kagame: up close and personal
20/07/2012 - REPORTERS

Paul Kagame: up close and personal

His critics accuse him of being authoritarian, distant and calculating. But is that a true representation of Paul Kagame? France 24 was given exclusive access to the Rwandan President for one week and allowed to film as he went about his day to day routine.
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