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WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Leaders discuss state intervention in banks
Solving the economic crisis topped the agenda of policymakers on the second day of the Davos economic forum in Switzerland. Leaders and businessmen talked to FRANCE 24 about government intervention in the private banking sector.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Ban appeals for $613 million for Gaza
UN Chief Ban Ki-moon has appealed for $613 million to meet the "massive" needs of Gazans hit by Israel's 22-day war in Gaza. During a debate with Israeli President Shimon Peres, Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan stormed out.
29/01/2009 - THE FRANCE 24 INTERVIEW

Justin Lin, chief economist and VP of the World Bank

FRANCE 24's Raphael Kahane met Justin Lin, chief economist and vice president of the World Bank, in Davos, to discuss the latest developments in the financial crisis and the slowdown of the Chinese economy.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Putin urges 'mutual trust' to fight economic gloom
The annual World Economic Forum has convened in Davos, Switzerland. Russian PM Vladimir Putin urged the world to avoid sliding into 'economic selfishness' and called for a mutual trust with the West to fight the global economic downturn.
WORLD SOCIAL FORUM
Leftist activists meet in Amazon city of Belem
World leftist activists gathered in the Brazilian city of Belem as the Ninth World Social Forum opened on Wednesday, the same day the Davos summit began. Organizers expected 100,000 attendees energized by the global financial crisis.
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Toned-down Davos forum opens
The annual World Economic Forum has convened in Davos, Switzerland. The normally lavish festivities have been scaled back this year amid the worldwide economic turmoil that has forced many global companies to tighten their budgetary belts.
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Davos convenes amid slashed budgets, capitalist contrition
The annual World Economic Forum has convened in Davos, Switzerland, but the normally lavish festivities have been scaled back this year amid worldwide economic turmoil that has forced many global companies to tighten their budgetary belts.
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
Davos forum to focus on 'shaping the post-crisis world'
This year's edition of the oft-criticised World Economic Forum, held between Jan. 28 and Feb. 1, has a six-point agenda focusing on global financial stability. But experts told FRANCE 24 that the real work is carried out behind the scenes.
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