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Why Ivory Coast’s Thursday bloodbath was all too predictable, why Silvio Berlusconi may not survive the next vote of no-confidence, tributes to late U.S. diplomat Richard Holbrooke, it’s all in The World This Week. François Picard’s roundtable of journalists also unveil their Person of the Year, sparking heated debate over the relative merits of Wikileaks.
Europe veers to the right as social democrats across the continent struggle to find their way, how France's colonial past looms large in its bid to rescue hostages held by Islamist radicals, and name-calling in a new book about Barack Obama's White House-all in The World This Week. François Picard welcomes Matthew Saltmarsh of the International Herald Tribune, Paul Taylor of the Reuters news agency, Anne-Elizabeth Moutet of The Sunday Telegraph and Nicholas Norbrook of The Africa Report.
Who says Brussels is boring? France’s president comes out fighting at an EU summit over the deportation of Roma Gypsies. Did Nicolas Sarkozy cross the red line with his comments? Also in The World This Week, why the Pope went to the UK, why the Tea Party should not be ignored, and why Nigeria’s president used Facebook to announce his bid in next January’s election. Joining François Picard are our Friday guests, here below.
Did the media create a monster out of the Koran-hating pastor in Florida? Plus, the UN’s role in Africa’s Great Lakes region and France’s defiance over the deportation of Roma Gypsies. This Fridays's guests are Eric Pfanner of the International Herald Tribune, Régis Le Sommier of news magazine Paris Match, François D’Alançon of French Catholic daily La Croix and Gerry Feehily of European webzine presseurop.eu .
Another opening ceremony for Middle East peace talks, Blair bashes Brown, and why the French government’s deporting Roma Gypsies to eastern Europe… those just some of the topics as François Picard hosts Matthew Saltmarsh of the International Herald Tribune, Christopher Dickey of Newsweek, Judah Grunstein of World Politics Review, and France 24’s Annette Young.
Quatre patients atteints du Covid-19, hospitalisés en réanimation sur l'île de la Réunion, sont évacués vers un aéroport de la région parisienne par vol sanitaire. Une opération sans précédent par la durée du vol, 11 heures, et le nombre de malades transportés.
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