Thursday 09 July 2009

  • INDONESIA
    A democracy which bears the scars of dictatorship
    Indonesia is a country which is still trying to balance the old order with the new. Out of the six candidates who ran for the presidency and vice-presidency, three were former generals who served the dictator Suharto.
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  • FRANCE - ALGERIA
    Mystery remains over massacre of French monks
    A retired French general recently cast doubt on the official version of the massacre of seven French monks in Algeria in 1996. We speak to Professor George Joffe, a lecturer on politics and international studies at Cambridge University.
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  • CHINA
    What happened in Xinjiang?
    Riots on Sunday in the north-western Chinese region of Xinjiang have killed at least 150 people, according to China. To try to understand why, Focus talks to China specialist Marie Holzman and our Beijing correspondent, Henry Morton.
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  • TOUR DE FRANCE 2009
    Lance Armstrong is back in the saddle
    Lance Armstrong, a 37-year-old survivor of testicular cancer is back. His goal is not to win an eighth Tour de France, but to spread global awareness of cancer and rejecting suggestions that he uses illegal performance-enhancing drugs.
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  • DR CONGO
    Little to celebrate on independence day
    On June 30, the people of Goma were invited to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the independence of the Democratic Republic of Congo. But in the capital of the war-stricken North Kivu province, there is little to cheer about.
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  • USA
    Abortion: Obama's political tightrope
    For decades, abortion has been a divisive subject in the US. During his election campaign, Barack Obama stayed well away from the issue but the US president is now confronted with ever-growing tension between pro-choice and anti-abortion groups.
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  • COMOROS
    The tragedy of Yemenia flight IY 626
    A Yemenia Airbus 310-300 crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros archipelago late on Monday night with 153 people on board. One survivor has been found. FRANCE 24 takes a look at this tragic accident and talks to an airline pilot.
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