HARDtalk
In-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about the highs and lows in their lives
HARDtalk - 02/07/2007
Zeinab Badawi interviews former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
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HARDtalk - 02/11/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 03/09/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 03/10/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 03/12/2007
Chief Constable Peter Fahy of Cheshire Police talks to Stephen Sackur about the struggle to contain alcohol fuelled violence and anti social behaviour.
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HARDtalk - 04/09/2007
An interview with Camila Batmanghelidjh, director of Kids Company, an organisation that helps some of Britain’s most neglected and abused children. Hosted by Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - 04/12/2007
Public support for the Brown government has plummeted recently. Roy Hattersley is former deputy leader of the Labour Party. Stephen Sackur asks if Brown's premiership is broken.
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HARDtalk - 05/07/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 05/09/2007
An interview with Jenni Williams of the civil protest movement Women of Zimbabwe Arise. Stephen Sackur leads the discussion.
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HARDtalk - 05/11/2007
Colleen Graffy is one of the top US State Department officials charged with promoting America's image around the world. Stephen Sackur asks her how to win new friends.
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HARDtalk - 05/12/2007
Efforts to avert a political crisis in Kosovo appear to have failed. Lord Ashdown spent four years in Bosnia. Stephen Sackur asks if we are on the brink of another Balkan conflict.
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HARDtalk - 06/08/2007
Zeinab Badawi talks with Professor Ian Wilmut, a specialist in stem cell research and regenerative medicine, about the the mixing of human and animal genetic material.
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HARDtalk - 06/09/2007
Razia Iqbal interviews Joyce Carol Oates, one of America's most prolific writers. As a chronicler of the American experience, what does she think America has learned about itself?
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HARDtalk - 06/11/2007
The UN Special Envoy for Darfur, Jan Eliasson, is trying to broker a peace deal before the scheduled arrival of more than 20,000 peacekeepers next year. Stephen Sackur interviews.
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HARDtalk - 07/08/2007
Interviews with newsworthy personalities. Arthur Mutambara is leader of one faction of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change. He talks to Allan Little.
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HARDtalk - 07/12/2007
Albanian Kosovars are on the brink of unilaterally declaring independence from Serbia. Stephen Sackur asks Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic how Serbia will respond.
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HARDtalk - 08/08/2007
Interviews with newsworthy personalities. Pamela Mountbatten talks to Allan Little about the final days of the British Raj.
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HARDtalk - 09/08/2007
Sir Emyr Jones Parry, about to step down as the UK's Ambassador to the United Nations after four tumultuous years, talks to Allan Little about the key issues before the UN now.
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HARDtalk - 09/10/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 09/11/2007
Co-author of 'The Israel Lobby' Stephen Walt tells Stephen Sackur that US policies in the Middle East have been dictated by the power of the Israel lobby.
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HARDtalk - 10/07/2007
Greg Dyke was until three and half years ago the BBC's Director General. Now in commercial tv, Stephen Sackur asks him about the challenges facing the world’s biggest broadcaster.
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HARDtalk - 10/09/2007
An interview with Tom Ridge, former Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security.
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HARDtalk - 10/10/2007
An interview with Jeffrey Sachs, adviser to the UN Secretary General. Sarah Montague finds out whether the UN's Millennium Development Goals are realistic.
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HARDtalk - 10/12/2007
Al Gore and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are to receive the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Stephen Sackur talks with Mr Gore and Chair of the IPCC, Dr Rajendra Pachauri.
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HARDtalk - 11/09/2007
The US wants a Middle East peace summit in the autumn. Stephen Sackur talks to Israel’s President Shimon Peres, and asks him if there is any reason to be optimistic.
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HARDtalk - 11/12/2007
Valerie Wilson's identity as a CIA agent was leaked in 2003. She tells Stephen Sackur how this 'treason' was committed after her diplomat husband questioned an invasion of Iraq.
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HARDtalk - 12/09/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Samir Sumaidaie, Iraq's Ambassador to Washington, about the lack of political progress in Iraq and the on-going problems of sectarian violence.
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HARDtalk - 12/11/2007
The President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus thinks Al Gore has got it wrong on climate change and accuses him of being 'an apostle of arrogance'. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - 12/12/2007
Professor Sir Martin Evans' ground breaking work has been rewarded with this year's Nobel Prize in Medicine. Stephen Sackur asks if stem cells are really going to change our lives.
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HARDtalk - 13/08/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to the former Indian Prime Minister, V.P. Singh about Indian democracy, the role of the state, and his efforts to eradicate poverty.
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HARDtalk - 13/09/2007
Sarah Montague interviews the Foreign Minister of Malaysia, Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar, about the preferential treatment given to Malay and other groups.
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HARDtalk - 13/11/2007
President of UEFA Michel Platini warns against the "malign and ever present influence of money" in football. He talks to Stephen Sackur at UEFA's Geneva headquarters.
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HARDtalk - 14/06/2007
Keith Mann, former Animal Liberation Front activist, spent over seven years in prison for his role in ALF operations. Stephen Sackur asks if direct action has damaged his cause.
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HARDtalk - 14/08/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Sunil Mittal, one of India's billionaires. He made his money in telecoms but now he wants to revolutionise the retail sector and food production.
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HARDtalk - 14/11/2009
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 15/08/2007
As Pakistan celebrates 60 years of independence, the consequences of partition live on. Stephen Sackur talks to Khurshid Kasuri, the Pakistan Foreign Minister, in Islamabad.
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HARDtalk - 15/10/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 16/08/2007
Pakistan's leading jurist and constitutional expert, Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, talks to Stephen Sackur about the mistakes of the past and his hopes for the future of Pakistan.
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HARDtalk - 16/10/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Shami Chakrabarti, director of British campaign group Liberty. Can democracies engage in effective self-defence and stay true to their principles?
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HARDtalk - 16/11/2007
Jeremy Rifkin is an adviser to Europe's political elite. He says the time has come for a third industrial revolution based on a hydrogen economy. Stephen Sackur interviews.
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HARDtalk - 17/09/2007
An interview with Alvaro de Soto, former UN Special Co-ordinator for the Middle East peace process.
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HARDtalk - 17/10/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Denis Healey, the Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974-79, about how a modern labour movement can engage with current issues affecting the world today.
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HARDtalk - 18/01/2008
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 18/04/2009
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 18/09/2007
An interview with Sir John Holmes, UN Emergency Relief Co-ordinator. Stephen Sackur asks him what the UN can achieve in three very different situations - Darfur, Iraq and Gaza.
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HARDtalk - 19/09/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 19/11/2007
Danny Yatom, former head of Israel's Mossad spy agency. Mossad has tried to assassinate Hamas leader Khalid Mashal. Zeinab Badawi asks if he would do so again given the chance.
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HARDtalk - 20/08/2007
India is seen by many as an emerging economic superpower. But how deep does that transformation go? Stephen Sackur talks to Kamal Nath, India's minister of commerce and industry.
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HARDtalk - 20/09/2007
An interview with Lord Adebowale, chief executive of social care organisation Turning Point. Stephen Sackur asks him how we can make Britain a more equal society.
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HARDtalk - 20/11/2007
In an exclusive interview for HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur travels to Damascus to ask exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashal who really speaks for the Palestinians.
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HARDtalk - 2008 Highlights
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 2008 Highlights
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 21/08/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Nawaf Obaid, a Saudi strategic affairs adviser who has suggested that Saudi Arabia would arm Iraq's Sunni militias in the wake of a hasty US pull-out.
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HARDtalk - 21/11/2007
Faisal Miqdad is Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister. Stephen Sackur asks him if any progress can be made without Syrian involvement in upcoming peace talks.
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HARDtalk - 21/12/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 22/08/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to John Redwood, Chair of the Conservative Economic Competitiveness Policy Group.
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HARDtalk - 22/10/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 22/11/2007
Quentin Davies left behind the Conservative party. Stephen Sackur asks the now Labour MP if the move to his new political home was wise or not.
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HARDtalk - 22/12/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 23/08/2007
Zeinab Badawi talks to Willie Corduff, an Irish farmer and one of a group who took on Shell and the Irish government in a campaign against plans for a new gas pipeline.
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HARDtalk - 23/10/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 23/11/2007
Richard Perle was formerly one of the Bush administration's most senior advisers. Stephen Sackur asks if he believes the age of the neo-cons has come to an end.
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HARDtalk - 24/09/2007
Allan Little talks to Sam Kutesa, the Ugandan Foreign Minister, asking him: how much has the Ugandan government contributed to the plight of its own people?
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HARDtalk - 24/10/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Craig Venter, the genetic scientist who mapped the human genome.
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HARDtalk - 25/06/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 25/09/2007
Stephen Sackur interviews the Bishop of Southwark, the Rt Rev Tom Butler.
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HARDtalk - 26/09/2007
An interview with Jeffrey Sachs, adviser to the UN Secretary General. Sarah Montague finds out whether the UN's Millennium Development Goals are realistic.
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HARDtalk - 26/11/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 26/12/2007
Every day in the shanty towns of Pretoria, Bishop Kevin Dowling defies the Pope by giving out condoms. Stephen Sackur asks him how he justifies his actions to his superiors.
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HARDtalk - 27/08/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 27/11/2007
Vladimir Bukovsky is considering a run for Russian President, but as a dissident-in-exile his prospects are bleak. Stephen Sackur asks him why Russians prioritise stability.
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HARDtalk - 28/08/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 28/11/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 29/08/2007
Interviews with newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - 29/10/2007
Ricken Patel is the co-founder of the web movement Avaaz.org. He has a grand ambition to make worldwide public opinion a decisive factor on key global issues.
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HARDtalk - 29/11/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 29/12/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Yisrael Medad of the Yesha Council, the main Israeli settler organisation, about the future of settlements and their illegality under international law.
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HARDtalk - 30/08/2007
Stephen Sackur interviews former Premier League football referee Graham Poll.
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HARDtalk - 31/05/2008
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - 31/10/2007
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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HARDtalk - Aaron David Miller
Former foreign policy advisor to the American government, Aaron David Miller, tells Sarah Montague what would he be saying now to the new man in the White House.
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HARDtalk - Aaron Porter, President, UK National Union of Students
Stephen Sackur speaks to Aaron Porter, president of the British National Union of Students and asks what's wrong with graduates bearing more of a financial burden?
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HARDtalk - Abdalmahmood Mohamad, Sudanese UN Ambassador
Stephen Sackur talks to Abdalmahmood Mohamed, Sudan's Ambassador at the UN and chairman of the G77 and China bloc of developing countries.
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HARDtalk - Abdullah Hussain Haroon
Stephen Sackur asks Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon whether a dysfunctional system of governance has turned Pakistan into a failing state.
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HARDtalk - Abhisit Vejjajiva, Prime Minister of Thailand
The six-week stand off between Thailand's red shirt protesters and the government could escalate. Abhisit Vejjajiva is the Thai Prime Minister - has he lost control of his country?
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HARDtalk - Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand's New Prime Minister
Abhisit Vejjajiva, Thailand's new prime minister, talks to Zeinab Badawi about meeting the challenges abroad and at home in the face of crashing South East Asian tiger economies.
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HARDtalk - Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemeni Foreign Minister
Stephen Sackur talks to Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, Yemen's foreign minister. Can economic and military aid prevent Yemen from becoming a failed and dangerous state?
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HARDtalk - AC Grayling - Writer and Philosopher
Stephen Sackur talks to AC Grayling, one of Britain's most prominent liberal philosophers. He argues that individual liberty is under threat from the Big Brother state.
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HARDtalk - Achim Steiner
Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the UN environment programme, believes you can fight climate change and the economic downturn at the same time. He talks to Zeinab Badawi.
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HARDtalk - Adam Bruce
Stephen Sackur talks to Adam Bruce - the UK CEO of Airtricity. Is wind power really a vital component of our low carbon future?
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HARDtalk - Ahmed Yousef, senior Hamas advisor
Stephen Sackur asks Ahmed Yousef, senior adviser to the Hamas leadership, whether Hamas have anything left to offer the people of Palestine.
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HARDtalk - Ahmed Yousef, senior spokesman for Hamas
A Palestinian delegation is due to head to Washington for a face to face peace talks with the Israeli government. What have the Islamists delivered for the Palestinian people?
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HARDtalk - Aitzaz Ahsan
Zeinab Badawi asks Aitzaz Ahsan if the rule of law is still weak and the militant threat is rising after the restoration of democracy in Pakistan.
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HARDtalk - Ajith Nivard Cabraal
Ajit Cabraal is the governor of Sri Lanka's central bank. Is his country's economy strong enough to withstand the capital and diplomatic costs of the civil war?
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HARDtalk - Akbar al Baker, CEO of Qatar Airways
Akbar al Baker is the boss of fast-growing Qatar Airways. Stephen Sackur asks him if his business can thrive in a low-carbon world.
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HARDtalk - Alaa Al-Aswany
Can storytellers play a key role in a country's struggle for democracy? Egyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswany talks to Sarah Montague about political themes in his novels.
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HARDtalk - Alain Badiou
Stephen Sackur speaks to French philosopher Alain Badiou, who has been an intellectual hero of France's anti-capitalist left since the Paris street protests of 1968.
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HARDtalk - Alan Doss
Stephen Sackur talks to Alan Doss, head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Is his force delivering on its responsibility to protect?
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HARDtalk - Alan Johnston
Stephen Sackur asks Alan Johnston if he has really left Gaza behind nearly four months after his release.
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HARDtalk - Alex Salmond
Stephen Sackur talks to First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond about the SNP's plans for a referendum on independence.
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HARDtalk - Alex Salmond - First Minister of Scotland
Given the economic upheavals in Ireland and the rest of Europe, do Scots really want to break away from the rest of the United Kingdom? Alex Salmond talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Alex Salmond, Scottish First Minister
Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond wants a referendum on full independence for Scotland, but what kind of deals will he have to make? He shares his thoughts with Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Alexander Lebedev
London's Evening Standard newspaper has been bought by a Russian businessman. But who exactly is Alexander Lebedev? He talks to Jonathan Dimbleby.
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HARDtalk - Alexei Pushkov
Stephen Sackur talks to Alexei Pushkov, a Russian TV presenter and professor of international relations, to ask why Russia's leaders are frightened of free speech.
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HARDtalk - Ali Allawi, Iraqi Cabinet Minister 2003-2006
Stephen Sackur talks to former Iraqi cabinet member Ali Allawi and asks him if Iraq's leaders can deliver long-term stability as British and US forces plan to withdraw.
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HARDtalk - Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's Envoy to the International Atomic Agency
Stephen Sackur talks to Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran's International Atomic Energy Agency envoy. Is Iran ready to bow to international opinion and rein in its nuclear ambitions?
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HARDtalk - Ali Jalali, former Afghan Interior Minister
Ali Jalali is Afghanistan's former interior minister, who has been talked of as a possible future president. Was he part of the problem or is he now part of the solution?
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HARDtalk - Alison Evans and Dambisa Moyo
Zeinab Badawi talks to Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo and the director of the Overseas Development Institute, Alison Evans about how poorer nations can weather the financial crisis.
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HARDtalk - Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2007- 2010
Prime Minister David Cameron wants to wipe out the country's spiralling budget deficit within five years. Former Chancellor Alistair Darling talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Alistair Darling MP, Chancellor of the Exchequer, 2007- 2010
Former Chancellor Alistair Darling is now free of the responsibilities of office; what's his message to the Conservative party and the country? He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Alon Pinkas
Stephen Sackur speaks to Alon Pinkas, the director for the Institute for Israel-US Relations. The US and Israel no longer see eye to eye - who will blink first?
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HARDtalk - Amartya Sen
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen argues for a new way for us to look at justice, which he insists can help make the globe a better place. Zeinab Badawi tests his theory.
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HARDtalk - Ambassador Richard Burt, Chairman, Global Zero initiative and Richard Perle, Former US Assistant Secretary of Defence
Zeinab Badawi asks two senior American officials with extensive experience in the field, Richard Burt and Richard Perle, whether it is too late to tackle the global nuclear threat.
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HARDtalk - Amr Moussa, Secretary General, League of Arab States
Sarah Montague talks to Amr Moussa, the Secretary General of the Arab League. He criticises Israel for blockading its border with Gaza, will he also criticise his own government?
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HARDtalk - Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato Secretary General
Stephen Sackur talks to the new Nato chief, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. What does the Afghan conflict tell us about the state of the North Atlantic alliance?
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HARDtalk - Andre Agassi, winner of eight Grand Slam tennis titles
Stephen Sackur meets Andre Agassi in his hometown of Las Vegas. Despite earning millions of dollars and winning eight Grand Slam titles, Agassi now admits that he hated tennis.
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HARDtalk - Andrei Illarionov
Andrei Illarionov was, until two years ago, Putin's chief economic adviser. Stephen Sackur asks him what the west should do about Russia.
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HARDtalk - Andrei Lugovoi
Who murdered Alexander Litvinenko? British police want to interview Andrei Lugovoi but he tells Stephen Sackur that he has no intention of returning to England.
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HARDtalk - Andrei Lugovoi
Who murdered Alexander Litvinenko? British police want to interview Andrei Lugovoi but he tells Stephen Sackur that he has no intention of returning to England.
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HARDtalk - Andrei Sannikov
Is the iron grip of Belarus's President Lukahenko working? Stephen Sackur meets Andrei Sannikov, an opposition activist and would-be Belarusian presidential candidate.
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HARDtalk - Andrew Dillon
New drugs designed to combat diseases from Alzheimers to cancer are less available in Britain than elsewhere in Europe. Stephen Sackur asks Andrew Dillon of NICE why.
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HARDtalk - Andrew Feinstein, former ANC MP
Andrew Feinstein was an ANC MP who raised the alarm about government sleaze eight years ago. He fell out with his party and left South Africa.
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HARDtalk - Andrew Motion, UK Poet Laureate 1999-2009
Stephen Sackur talks to the UK's newly retired poet laureate, Andrew Motion. In an age of technology, what is the poet laureate for?
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HARDtalk - Andrius Kubilius, Prime Minister of Lithuania
The Lithuanian economy has shrunk dramatically and the hangover from Soviet rule casts a long shadow. Jonathan Charles talks to the Prime Minister of Lithuania, Andrius Kubilius.
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HARDtalk - Andy Hayman
Andy Hayman, police chief in charge of Britain's counter-terrorism operations in 2005, talks to Stephen Sackur about the successes and failures of the counter-terror response.
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HARDtalk - Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor is one of the world's most celebrated living artists, but what fuels his prolific artistic output? Kapoor talks to Stephen Sackur at his studio in south London.
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HARDtalk - Ankkio Briggs
Stephen Sackur talks to Niger Delta activist Ankkio Briggs. She accuses big oil companies and the Nigerian government of exploitation. Does Delta violence undermine her cause?
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HARDtalk - Ann Coulter, Conservative political commentator
Conservative American commentator Ann Coulter has made a career out of causing offence. Stephen Sackur asks if the language of hate is corroding America's political culture.
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HARDtalk - Annie Lennox, singer and activist
Annie Lennox talks to Stephen Sackur. As the most successful female recording artist ever to come out of the UK, she has used her fame to promote the causes she believes in.
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HARDtalk - António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Stephen Sackur speaks to Antonio Guterres, who has been the High Commissioner for Refugees for the last five years.
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HARDtalk - Anthony Bolton, President, Investments - Fidelity International
Stephen Sackur talks to Anthony Bolton, the UK's most consistently successful investment fund manager, about cracks in the global economy and the financial markets.
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HARDtalk - Anthony Seldon
Contemporary historian Anthony Seldon talks to Stephen Sackur about Tony Blair's attempts to reform education in Britain.
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HARDtalk - Anthony Seldon
Stephen Sackur interviews Anthony Seldon, author of 'Blair Unbound' and headmaster of one of England's best known private schools, Wellington College.
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HARDtalk - Antonio Borges, Chairman of the Hedge Fund Standards Board
Stephen Sackur asks Antonio Borges, the Chairman of the Hedge Fund Standards Board, if regulations will ensure that the financial shocks of recent years are never repeated.
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HARDtalk - Antonio Guterres
Allan Little talks to UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, and asks if the United Nations refugee agency can cope with the rising numbers of refugees.
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HARDtalk - Antonio Maria Costa, head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Is the international community making any progress in stopping the flow of illegal drugs? Zeinab Badawi talks to Antonio Maria Costa, head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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HARDtalk - Arash Hejazi, author and publisher
Author Arash Hejazi was standing next to Neda Agha Soltan on the day she was shot during the Iranian protests in 2009. He talks to Sarah Montague about what happened that day.
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HARDtalk - Arianna Huffington
Stephen Sackur asks Arianna Huffington if this year's presidential election will be won and lost on the internet.
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HARDtalk - Arthur Mutambara
Stephen Sackur talks Zimbabwe's Deputy Prime Minister Designate, Arthur Mutambara. The country still has no unity government - has Robert Mugabe outfoxed his opponents again?
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HARDtalk - Arthur Mutambara - Deputy Prime Minister, Zimbabwe
Stephen Sackur asks Arthur Mutambara, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe, if power sharing can rescue Zimbabwe from political and economic crisis.
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HARDtalk - Asif Ali Zardari
Owen Bennett-Jones speaks to Asif Ali Zardari about what steps he will take to tackle extremists and insurgents in Pakistan, should he become president.
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HARDtalk - Asil Nadir, Fugitive Businessman
In 2003, Tim Sebastian travelled to Cyprus to find out why tycoon Asil Nadir - who has flown back to the UK after nearly two decades on the run - fled Britain and its courts.
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HARDtalk - Asma Jehangir
Asma Jehangir is the head of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission. What chance is there of democracy winning in Pakistan?
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HARDtalk - Austan Goolsbee
Stephen Sackur talks to Austan Goolsbee, economic advisor to Barak Obama, about the state of the US economy and on how America can be steered away from recession.
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HARDtalk - Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Author and critic of Islam
Jonathan Charles talks to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, author and critic of Islam. She escaped an arranged marriage to become a serial refugee.
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HARDtalk - Ayad Allawi, Iraqiya group
Stephen Sackur talks to Ayad Allawi, leader of the Iraqiya movement and Iraqi Prime Ministerial candidate, about the chaos and divisions that have followed the recent election.
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HARDtalk - Ayad Allawi - Leader Iraqiya bloc
Jonathan Charles talks to Ayad Allawi, the former Iraqi prime minister. Is he on the brink of losing the chance to rule again?
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HARDtalk - Barbara Harris, founder of Project Prevention
Stephen Sackur speaks to Barbara Harris, who wants to reduce the number of children born to drug abusing parents through her Project Prevention scheme.
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HARDtalk - Barbara Harris, founder Project Prevention
Barbara Harris who founded Project Prevention is a crusader for social change. She wants to reduce the number of children born to drug abusing parents. She talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Barbara Stocking, Chief Executive of Oxfam
Stephen Sackur talks to Barbara Stocking, the Chief Executive of Oxfam, about how the doubling price of many basic foods could prove fatal for the world's poor.
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HARDtalk - Barbara Taylor Bradford
Novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford, whose books feature strong women overcoming life's slings and arrows, talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Baroness Catherine Ashton, EU Trade Commissioner
Worries about global trade are being raised at the G20 summit. Zeinab Badawi asks Baroness Catherine Ashton, the EU Commissioner in charge of trade, how much the EU is to blame.
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HARDtalk - Bassam Abu Sharif - Former Senior Adviser to Yasser Arafat
Zeinab Badawi asks Bassam Abu Sharif, once a key figure in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, why Palestinian leaders have failed to deliver a sovereign state.
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HARDtalk - Ben Page, Chief Executive, Ipsos MORI
Stephen Sackur talks pollster Ben Page, the chief executive of Ipsos MORI. As a general election approaches the country faces a blizzard of opinion polls. Can they be trusted?
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HARDtalk - Bertie Ahern, Irish Taoiseach 1997-2008
Bertie Ahern was Ireland's second longest serving Prime Minister. He talks to Stephen Sackur about his legacy and Ireland's changing social landscape.
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HARDtalk - Beverley Aspinall
Stephen Sackur talks to Fortnum and Mason's managing director Beverley Aspinall, about the business and the brand but which is more important – profit or tradition?
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HARDtalk - Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana
Zeinab Badawi asks Bharrat Jagdeo, President of Guyana and Chairman of CARICOM, if his member states are able to speak with one voice at the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.
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HARDtalk - Bill Browder, CEO Hermitage Capital
Bill Browder was a successful investor in Moscow but he's been labelled a fugitive. Is business one more arena where Russia and the West are heading for confrontation?
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HARDtalk - Bill Browder - Hermitage Capital Management
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bill Browder, who used to run a multi billion dollar investment business in Moscow, but has now pitted himself against the Russian government.
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HARDtalk - Bill Rammell - Armed Forces Minister
Britain has agreed to send more troops to Afghanistan, but are there now enough soldiers on the ground? Stephen Sackur talks to Armed Forces Minister Bill Rammell.
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HARDtalk - Billy Bragg
Musician and political activist Billy Bragg believes the government's lack of action on immigration, is playing into the hands of the far right. He talks to Zeinab Badawi.
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HARDtalk - Bishop Martyn Minns
Stephen Sackur talks to Bishop Martyn Mimms of the US Anglican church about whether Anglicanism is about to tear itself apart.
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HARDtalk - Bob Crow
How will Britain's labour movement respond to a Conservative-led government about to embark on the deepest public spending cuts in a generation? Stephen Sackur talks to Bob Crow.
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HARDtalk - Bob Crow, General Secretary of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bob Crow, militant leader of the RMT. He talks of a looming class war, but what will Ed Miliband's Labour Party do if the unions take to the barricades?
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HARDtalk - Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Stephen Sackur talks to Mayor of London Boris Johnson, who promised to turn London into the world's greatest city. After twelve months in the job, is he matching words with deeds?
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HARDtalk - Bouthaina Shaaban, Syrian Cabinet Minister
Hizbollah has humiliated the Beirut government. Bouthaina Shaaban is a minister in the Syrian government. Stephen Sackur interviews.
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HARDtalk - Brendan Barber, General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
Stephen Sackur asks Brendan Barber, the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress, whether the unions are about to flex some old Labour muscle.
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HARDtalk - Brian May, Musician
Stephen Sackur talks to Brian May, once a member Queen, of one of the most popular rock bands in history, why he devotes much of his time now to the defence of Britain's wildlife.
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HARDtalk - Bruce Golding, Jamaican Prime Minister
What does Jamaica's new Prime Minister Bruce Golding plan to do about the country's economy after the national debt recently topped one trillion dollars? He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Bruce Riedel, Senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and former adviser to three US Presidents
Stephen Sackur speaks to Bruce Riedel, adviser to President Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan, and asks if the US is any closer to neutralising the jihadi threat.
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HARDtalk - Bruce Weber, photographer
Stephen Sackur asks Bruce Weber about the re-release of his documentary Let's Get Lost, a film about the late jazz musician Chet Baker.
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HARDtalk - Carl Bildt - Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs
Zeinab Badawi asks Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt whether unity within the European Union been sacrificed for national interests in these hard times.
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HARDtalk - Carly Fiorina
Stephen Sackur asks Carly Fiorina, the Senior Advisor to John McCain, how she would turn around the troubled Republican party.
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HARDtalk - Carne Ross
Carne Ross was a British diplomat based at the UN during the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Stephen Sackur asks him what really went on behind the scenes.
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HARDtalk - Celso Amorim, Brazilian Foreign Minister
Jonathan Dimbleby talks to Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim. Does he believe that the financial crisis marks the end of global capitalism as we know it?
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HARDtalk - Changhua Wu, The Climate Group
Changhua Wu is the Greater China Director of The Climate Group, a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing business and government leadership on climate change.
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HARDtalk - Charles Freeman, President, Middle East Policy Council
Stephen Sackur talks to Charles Freeman, president of the Middle East Policy Council. Formerly a nominee for the Obama team, the ex-diplomat's views on Israel caused a furore.
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HARDtalk - Charles Saumarez Smith
Stephen Sackur asks Charles Saumarez Smith, the Chief Executive of the Royal Academy, have our ideas about what makes good art changed forever?
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HARDtalk - Charlize Theron, Actress
Stephen Sackur talks to actress Charlize Theron, who won't let her work be defined by Hollywood's obsession with youth and beauty. Recently she has become a UN goodwill ambassador.
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HARDtalk - Charlton Heston
As a tribute to the actor Charlton Heston who died last week, here is another chance to see the interview he gave HARDtalk in 1997.
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HARDtalk - Cheng Siwei, Economist and former vice chairman, Standing Committee of the National Peoples Congress, China
China has overtaken Japan as the world's second biggest economy and is still growing. Stephen Sackur asks economist Cheng Siwei if China's extraordinary rise is sustainable.
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HARDtalk - Chief Ojo Maduekwe, Nigerian Foreign Minister
Jonathan Charles asks Nigeria's foreign minister Ojo Maduekwe what measures are being put in place to prevent any further attempted terror attacks by his country's citizens.
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HARDtalk - Chris Costner Sizemore
Stephen Sackur talks to Chris Costner Sizemore, whose childhood experiences five decades ago gave rise to a newly-defined mental illness: multiple personality disorder.
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HARDtalk - Chris Costner Sizemore
Chris Costner Sizemore's experiences as she grew up gave rise to a newly defined mental illness, multiple personality disorder. She talks about the mysterious rise of the alter ego.
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HARDtalk - Chris Mullin, Political Diarist
For 23 years Chris Mullin was a Labour MP and also the keeper of wry and self-deprecating diaries which detailed his turbulent years in government. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Christina Romer, Former President of the US Council of Economic Advisers
Stephen Sackur asks Christina Romer, former head of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisers, if her country needs a new approach to solving its serious economic woes.
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HARDtalk - Christina Schmid, Widow of Staff Sgt Olaf Schmid, Royal Logistic Corps
Stephen Sackur talks to Christina Schmid whose husband, Oz, was killed in action in Afghanistan. She has questioned the way Britain treats the soldiers it puts in harm's way.
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HARDtalk - Christine Ladarde, French Finance Minister
Sarah Montague asks French Finance Minister Christine Ladarde if the G20 countries can work together to create global financial stability as they begin to come out of recession.
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HARDtalk - Christine Lagarde - French Finance Minister
In the run up to London's much hyped G20 summit, Stephen Sackur is in Paris talking to France's Finance Minister, Christine Lagarde.
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HARDtalk - Christine Lagarde - French Finance Minister
Stephen Sackur talks to Christine Lagarde, the French Finance Minister. Is her country ready to make the tough decisions to fix France's economy and the Eurozone?
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HARDtalk - Christophe Fournier - President, Medecins Sans Frontieres
Medecins Sans Frontieres is one of the world's leading humanitarian organisations working in some of the most difficult places on earth. Gavin Esler talks to the MSF president.
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HARDtalk - Christopher Hill, US Ambassador to Iraq
Stephen Sackur asks Christopher Hill, US Ambassador to Iraq if the State Department is prepared to take on the role of supporting the fledgling Iraqi democracy.
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HARDtalk - Christopher Hill, US Ambassador to Iraq
Stephen Sackur asks Christopher Hill, the US Ambassador to Iraq overseeing the withdrawal of all combat troops by the end of August 2010, whether the State Department is prepared.
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HARDtalk - Clay Shirkey, Philosopher
The internet is changing the world, but has it changed the way we think? Clay Shirky is an influential writer on the internet age, and he talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is an influential writer on the internet age who proposes that the internet will unleash human potential as never before. What happens if it simply magnifies our flaws?
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HARDtalk - Clive Stafford Smith and David Rivkin
Only one of Guantanamo Bay's prisoners has been released. Sarah Montague talks to human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith and former legal adviser to the White House David Rivkin.
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HARDtalk - Colin Smith - Former Head, EU Mission to the Palestinian Police
Is there still a chance of a two-state solution in the Middle East? Colin Smith, former Head of the EU Mission to the Palestinian Police, talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Colm O'Gorman
Colm O'Gorman talks to Stephen Sackur about his long struggle to get church authorities to take responsibility for safeguarding the children in their care.
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HARDtalk - Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson was Colin Powell's Chief of Staff. Stephen Sackur asks what lessons the Bush years hold for the next President.
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HARDtalk - Colonel Richard Kemp, former Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan
Sarah Montague talks to Colonel Richard Kemp, who was the Commander of British Forces in Afghanistan in 2006. Does he believe that the Taliban can be beaten?
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HARDtalk - Congressman Barney Frank
Congressman Barney Frank is an influential figure on Capitol Hill. Stephen Sackur talks to him about the Obama presidency so far. Whatever happened to the 'politics of hope'?
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HARDtalk - Congressman Keith Ellison, Democrat, Minnesota
Democratic Congressman, Keith Ellison, is the only Muslim member of the US Congress. How should his party and the President respond to anti-Islamic protests? With Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Congresswoman Maxine Waters
Congresswoman Maxine Waters, a voice on the left of the Democratic party, discusses Barack Obama's influence on Congress and the American public with Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Connie Hedegaard
Stephen Sackur talks to Denmark's minister for climate and energy, Connie Hedegaard about the effortt to avert catastrophic global warming.
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HARDtalk - Conor Foley
Conor Foley has years of experience at the sharp end of international aid work. Stephen Sackur asks him if politics has poisoned the humanitarian principle.
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HARDtalk - Constance Briscoe
Jonathan Charles talks to Constance Briscoe, who titled her bestselling memoir 'Ugly'. It could also describe her childhood, as she was abused mentally and physically by her mother.
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HARDtalk - Courtenay Griffiths QC
Stephen Sackur talks with Courtenay Griffiths QC, who is representing Liberia's former president Charles Taylor in his war crimes trial in the Hague.
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HARDtalk - Dambisa Moyo, Economist and author
Zambian economist and author Dambisa Moyo believes western nations are heading for second division status unless they undertake radical reform. She talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Dame Joan Bakewell, Campaigner for Older People
Dame Joan Bakewell took on the government appointed role of championing the elderly in Britain. Sarah Montague asks her how she feels her first year has gone.
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HARDtalk - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Opera Singer
Stephen Sackur talks to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the great opera singers of modern times, and asks what the future for opera is in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
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HARDtalk - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, opera singer
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa talks to Stephen Sackur about the future for opera in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
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HARDtalk - Dame Vivienne Westwood
Stephen Sackur speaks to fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, one of the best known and original designers in the international fashion business.
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HARDtalk - Dan Gillerman
Stephen Sackur asks Dan Gillerman, Israeli Ambassador to the UN, to explain the logic of his country's diplomatic strategy.
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HARDtalk - Dan Meridor
As Israel runs the risk of becoming a pariah state, Stephen Sackur asks Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, Dan Meridor, whether it matters if his country becomes isolated.
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HARDtalk - Dan Meridor, Israeli Deputy Prime Minister
Stephen Sackur talks to the Israel's Deputy Prime Minister, Dan Meridor. Can Israel protect itself and its diplomatic alliances?
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HARDtalk - Daniel Barenboim
Daniel Barenboim is one of the world's greatest musicians and a passionate advocate of Israeli-Palestinian coexistence. Stephen Sackur asks if anyone is listening.
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HARDtalk - Daniel Hannan, Conservative MEP, South East Region UK
Daniel Hannan is an influential voice on the right wing of the Conservative party. Stephen Sackur asks him what he makes of David Cameron's claim to be a progressive Conservative.
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HARDtalk - Daniel Libeskind, Architect
Gavin Esler asks architect Daniel Libeskind if the growing number of buildings designed by an elite group of architects, known as 'starchitects', are really fit for purpose.
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HARDtalk - Danilo Turk, President of Slovenia
HARDtalk speaks with the President of Slovenia, Danilo Turk. When his country joined the Eurozone in 2007 it seemed to offer long-term economic security, but what about now?
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HARDtalk - Danny Jordaan
Stephen Sackur interviews Danny Jordaan, the head of South Africa's World Cup organising committee, and asks whether the event will be a boon or a burden for the host nation.
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HARDtalk - Danny Jordaan, CEO, World Cup 2010 Organising Committee
Stephen Sackur talks to Danny Jordaan, the CEO of football's World Cup 2010 organising committee, with just 10 months left until the competition begins. Is South Africa ready?
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HARDtalk - David Anderson, CEO, Co-operative Financial Services
Stephen Sackur asks David Anderson, CEO of the company that owns the self styled 'ethical bank', Co-operative Bank, and asks him if money and morality really mix.
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HARDtalk - David Bakradze
Russian forces have driven Georgian troops out of the tiny separatist enclave of South Ossetia. Chairman of Georgia's parliament David Bakradze talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - David Coltart, Zimbabwean cabinet minister
Stephen Sackur speaks to David Coltart, the Zimbabwean cabinet minister and veteran member of the Movement for Democratic change.
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HARDtalk - David Cutler - Former health advisor to President Obama
Barack Obama is determined to reform America's healthcare system. David Cutler was a key healthcare adviser to Obama, and he talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - David Frum, Republican writer and commentator
Stephen Sackur talks to David Frum, a former speech writer for President George W Bush, who is now engaged in the struggle to define the future of conservatism.
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HARDtalk - David Harvey, Marxist Academic
Sarah Montague speaks to Professor David Harvey, author of The Enigma of Capital, who believes that capitalism is amoral and lawless, and should be overthrown.
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HARDtalk - David Kilcullen
Is the US fighting wars it can never win? Stephen Sackur talks to David Kilcullen, adviser to the Pentagon on counter-insurgency strategy.
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HARDtalk - David Miliband
President Obama is remaking US foreign policy. Does that mean Britain needs to face up to foreign policy failings? Foreign Secretary, David Miliband talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - David Miliband, Foreign Secretary
Stephen Sackur talks to Britain's foreign secretary David Miliband, and asks whether the government crossed legal red lines in pursuit of the post-9/11 war on terror.
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HARDtalk - David Remnick
Stephen Sackur talks to the New Yorker magazine's Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, David Remnick, and asks whether we really know what makes America's first black president tick.
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HARDtalk - David Rothkopth and Jonathan Aitken
Stephen Sackur talks to David Rothkopth, author of 'Superclass' and Jonathan Aitken, former cabinet minister about the role of the new global elite.
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HARDtalk - David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent, New York Times
Sarah Montague asks David Sanger, Chief Washington Correspondent of the NY Times, what the world's leaders make of the new US President now they've had a chance to meet him.
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HARDtalk - David Sullivan, Co-owner West Ham United
Stephen Sackur talks to West Ham owner David Sullivan about whether English football clubs should be more tightly regulated to stop reckless owners from running them into debt.
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HARDtalk - Debbie Purdy
Debbie Purdy has multiple sclerosis, which is steadily eroding her physical capacities. She talks to Stephen Sackur about her right to what she calls a dignified death.
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HARDtalk - Debbie Reynolds, Actress
Jonathan Charles speaks to former Singin' in the Rain actress Debbie Reynolds and asks her how at 78 she is still able to keep the show on the road.
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HARDtalk - Debra Lee, BET President
Stephen Sackur talks to Debra Lee, the chief executive of the biggest US TV network aimed at a black audience. Has America overcome the poisonous legacy of slavery and racism?
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HARDtalk - Debra Medina, Former candidate for Governor of Texas
With the support of conservative America's Tea Party, Debra Medina talks to Stephen Sackur about her aim to limit President Obama's excessive government spending.
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HARDtalk - Declan Ganley, founder and president, Libertas
Jonathan Dimbleby talks to prospective MEP Declan Ganley, who led the 'no' campaign in the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, about Ireland and the global economic crisis.
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HARDtalk - Derek Simpson - Joint General Secretary of Unite
Stephen Sackur asks Derek Simpson, the co-leader of the Unite, whether organised labour is on a collision course with the Labour Government as Britain's economy unravels.
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HARDtalk - Des Browne
Des Browne, Britain's former Defence Secretary, talks to Stephen Sackur about what he hopes to achieve as Special Envoy to Sri Lanka.
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HARDtalk - Desmond Morris
Now eighty and having just published his fifty-fifth book, Desmond Morris explains his views to Stephen Sackur, describing himself as a feminist.
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HARDtalk - Desmond Tutu - Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town
Stephen Sackur asks Archbishop Desmond Tutu about the policies he would like Barack Obama to adopt and if the global economic downturn will drown out his message.
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HARDtalk - Dick Armey
Stephen Sackur asks Republican grandee Dick Armey about current debates within the Republican Party and which candidate, if any, can win a new term for the party.
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HARDtalk - Dick Roche, Irish EU minister
Interviewed by Noel Thompson, Ireland's Europe Minister Dick Roche talks about his country's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty to reform the expanded EU.
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HARDtalk - Diego Arria, Former Venezuelan Ambassador to the UN
Stephen Sackur talks to Diego Arria, a vocal critic of President Chavez. Does he and his allies have what it takes to roll back Venezuela's socialist revolution?
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HARDtalk - Digby Jones, Former Trade Minister
Stephen Sackur asks Digby, Lord Jones, until recently Gordon Brown's hand-picked Minister of Trade, if global protectionism will destroy free enterprise during the recession.
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HARDtalk - Dimeji Bankole, Speaker, Nigerian Assembly
Stephen Sackur talks to Dimeji Bankole, Speaker in the Nigerian House of Representatives.
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HARDtalk - Dimitri Peskov
The man who speaks for Russian President Putin is Dimitri Peskov. Stephen Sackur asks him whether Putin will continue to be the most powerful man in Russia.
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HARDtalk - Discussion on the Euro Crisis
Zeinab Badawi asks a British and an American economist and an Italian politician about whether the troubles in the eurozone precipitate another global financial crisis.
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HARDtalk - Ditlev Engel
Ditlev Engel is the boss of the world's biggest supplier of wind turbines. Stephen Sackur asks if wind power could turn out to be more hype than substance.
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HARDtalk - Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Stephen Sackur asks Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, what use the IMF is when world economies go into turmoil.
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HARDtalk - Don Foster MP, Liberal Democrat, and Ed Vaizey MP, Conservative
For the first time since the Second World War Britain is to be led by a coalition government. Stephen Sackur talks to representatives from each party, Ed Vaizey and Don Foster.
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HARDtalk - Donald Kaberuka/James Oporia-Ekwaro
Zeinab Badawi talks to Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank and James Oporia-Ekwaro, Director of the Africa Policy Forum.
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HARDtalk - Doug Beattie
Stephen Sackur talks to British Army officer Doug Beattie, and asks him if British soldiers are fighting a war they can never win.
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HARDtalk - Douglas Murray
Have America's neo-conservatives lost their way over the war on Iraq? Sackur talks to Britain's most fervent neoconservative, Douglas Murray.
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HARDtalk - Dr Abdullah Abdullah, candidate in the Afghan presidential election
Stephen Sackur talks to Dr Abdullah Abdullah, the main challenger in the flawed Afghan elections, and asks whether his decision to withdraw may have made the Afghan crisis worse.
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HARDtalk - Dr Azzam Tamimi
Dr Azzam Tamimi is a supporter of Hamas and the author of a book on the group. Jonathan Charles asks if he can see a way forward out of the current gloom in Gaza.
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HARDtalk - Dr David Kilcullen, Pentagon counter insurgency adviser
As President Obama's key measures in Afghanistan are not achieved, Stephen Sackur asks Pentagon counter insurgency adviser Dr David Kilcullen if there is a Plan B.
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HARDtalk - Dr Gerd Leipold, Executive Director of Greenpeace international
Stephen Sackur talks to Dr Gerd Leipold, the outgoing executive director of Greenpeace International, about confrontational campaigning.
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HARDtalk - Dr Hamish Meldrum, Chairman of the British Medical Association
Dr Hamish Meldrum is the Chairman of the BMA. Stephen Sackur asks him whether, when it comes to running the most efficient healthcare system, doctor really does know best?
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HARDtalk - Dr Laura Tyson, US Economic Recovery Advisory Board
There are tentative signs of growth in the US economy. Stephen Sackur talks to Laura Tyson, economist and adviser to President Obama. Has the economic storm blown itself out?
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HARDtalk - Dr Muhammad Abdul Bari
Stephen Sackur talks to Muhammad Abdul Bari, chairman of London's biggest mosque, and asks whether efforts to combat radicalisation within the Muslim community are doomed to fail.
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HARDtalk - Dr Omar Zakhilwal, Afghan Finance Minister
The government of President Karzai has made big promises. But can they deliver? Stephen Sackur talks to Afghanistan's reformist finance minister Omar Zakhilwal.
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HARDtalk - Dr Surin Pitsuwan, Asean Secretary-General
Stephen Sackur interviews Surin Pitsuwan, Secretary-General of Asean, the south-east Asian nations group which talks of EU-style integration. How far can regional co-operation go?
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HARDtalk - Dr Tom Pike
Dr Tom Pike heads the British contingent on the Phoenix Mars mission. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Eamon Ryan
What will it take to save the Irish economy? Stephen Sackur talks to Eamon Ryan, Ireland's Energy and Communications Minister.
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HARDtalk - Eastern Congo
From eastern Congo, HARDtalk looks at the fate of women in the world's worst conflict zone. Stephen Sackur talks to those trying to repair the damage done to broken communities.
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HARDtalk - Ed Butler
Jonathan Charles talks to Ed Butler, who is regarded as the architect of British strategy in Afghanistan. Butler resigned last year and is now openly critical of what is going on.
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HARDtalk - Ed Vaizey, Conservative Culture spokesman
Stephen Sackur talks to Ed Vaizey, Shadow Minister for Culture and close friend of David Cameron, and asks whether Britain is ready for a new generation of ambitious Conservatives.
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HARDtalk - Eduardo Medina Mora, Mexican Ambassador to the UK
Interviews with newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - Edward Dolman, Chairman, Christie's International
Sarah Montague asks Edward Dolman, Chairman of Christie's International, if art has become an investment just like any other.
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HARDtalk - Efraim Sneh
Israeli hawks are calling for the 'leveling' of areas in Gaza. Gavin Esler asks former Deputy Defence Minister Efraim Sneh if Israel can think up a fresh Gaza strategy.
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HARDtalk - Efraim Zuroff, Director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, Israel
Zeinab Badawi talks to Efraim Zuroff, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre in Israel and investigator of Nazi war criminals, about his determination to hold them accountable.
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HARDtalk - Efthimios Mitropoulos
Gavin Esler talks to Efthimios Mitropoulos is the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organisation, the UN body charged with safety and security at sea.
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HARDtalk - Egemen Bagis, Turkey's Chief EU Negotiator
Egemen Bagis is Turkey's Chief EU negotiator in charge of overseeing his country's entry into the EU. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Ehud Olmert, Israeli Prime Minister 2006 - 2009
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert talks to Stephen Sackur about his Palestinian peace proposals and the corruption charges that forced his resignation.
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HARDtalk - Eileen Gittins, CEO and founder of Blurb.com
Zeinab Badawi speaks to Eileen Gittins, CEO and founder of Blurb.com. Is Eileen providing a vital new service for writers and readers?
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HARDtalk - Eka Tkeshelashvili
Eka Tkeshelashvili, Georgia's foreign minister, talks to Stephen Sackur. Is it time for Tbilisi to acknowledge that the summer war with Russia was a strategic mistake?
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HARDtalk - Eli Moyal
Sarah Montague asks Eli Moyal, the Mayor of Sderot, if a solution for his troubled city and for Palestinians in Gaza can be found.
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HARDtalk - Elizabeth Burton-Phillips
Elizabeth Burton-Phillips has personal experience of the damage drugs can do. Both of her children became heroin addicts. One died. What lessons can we learn from her torment?
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HARDtalk - Elizabeth Pisani, Epidemiologist
Elizabeth Pisani is a journalist turned epidemiologist who spent more than a decade working inside what she now calls the 'Aids mafia'. Stephen Sackur interviews.
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HARDtalk - Eric Solheim
Stephen Sackur talks to Norwegian Government minister Erik Solheim about his attempts to broker a deal between the Sri Lankan Government and the Tamil Tigers, and why they failed.
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HARDtalk - Ernest Koroma
Zeinab Badawi asks President Ernest Koroma how he will rebuild and rehabilitate Sierra Leone.
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HARDtalk - European Trade Union Confederation General Secretary John Monks
As the credit crunch starts to bite, what role should trade unions play? European Trade Union Confederation general secretary John Monks talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Fatima Bhutto
Stephen Sackur speaks to Fatima Bhutto, who was born into a family dynasty steeped in politics and power.
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HARDtalk - Fatima Bhutto
Stephen Sackur talks to Fatima Bhutto, granddaughter of former Pakistani Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who has recently written an account of her celebrated family's history.
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HARDtalk - Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico
The authorities are struggling to control armed drug cartels operating in cities across Mexico. President Felipe Calderon talks about whether the war against the gangs can be won.
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HARDtalk - Fergus Anckorn, World War II veteran
Stephen Sackur talks to World War II veteran Fergus Anckorn, who was shot, survived a massacre and lived through three years in Japanese prisoner of war camps.
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HARDtalk - Francesc Vendrell
Stephen Sackur talks to Francesc Vendrell, outgoing EU envoy to Afghanistan.
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HARDtalk - Franco Frattini
Stephen Sackur talks to Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini about whether their government is driven by principle or populism.
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HARDtalk - Franco Frattini
Stephen Sackur talks to Italian Foreign Minister, Franco Frattini. Is his government driven by principle or populism?
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HARDtalk - Frank Field MP, Chairman of the Independent Review on Poverty
Stephen Sackur interviews Frank Field, the Labour MP who has agreed to head the new government's poverty strategy review. Is the welfare state about to be re-engineered?
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HARDtalk - Frank Field MP, Labour backbencher
Frank Field is leading the rebellion against Gordon Brown's decision to abolish the 10p income tax band. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Frank McCourt, Author of Angela's Ashes
Tim Sebastian interviews the author of Angela's Ashes, Frank McCourt, in 2001. McCourt was once reluctant to own up to coming from a slum, but realised it was an important story.
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HARDtalk - Frederick Forsyth, Author
Stephen Sackur asks thriller writer Frederick Forsyth - famous for the Day of the Jackal - if he blurs the lines between fact and fiction in the pursuit of a realistic plot line.
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HARDtalk - Fredrik Reinfeldt
Fredrik Reinfeldt is Sweden's prime minister. Stephen Sackur asks him whether he has delivered promised changes.
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HARDtalk - Fredrik Reinfeldt, Prime Minister of Sweden
Stephen Sackur talks to Fredrik Reinfeldt, Sweden's prime minister, who believes the Lisbon Treaty will be ratified before elections in the UK.
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HARDtalk - FW De Klerk, former President of South Africa
As the Zimbabwean economy heads into freefall, Stephen Sackur asks former South African president FW De Klerk whether an African solution can be found to the crisis.
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HARDtalk - Gary Bauer
Stephen Sackur talks to Gary Bauer, the leader of the social conservative movement within the Republican party, and asks whether his values are really America's values.
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HARDtalk - Geert Wilders
Stephen Sackur talks to Geert Wilders, member of the Dutch parliament, who has to sleep in a series of safe houses due to his self-declared 'jihad' against Islam.
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HARDtalk - Geir Haarde
Stephen Sackur talks to Geir Haarde, the former Icelandic Prime Minister who resigned in January 2009 following Iceland's financial collapse.
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HARDtalk - Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire
Five years ago American Gene Robinson became the first openly gay bishop inside the Anglican Church. The issue could come to a head at this year's Lambeth conference.
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HARDtalk - General Khodaidad - The Afghan Minister for Counter Narcotics
Sarah Montague speaks to General Khodaidad, the Afghan Minister for Counter Narcotics and asks whether he has had any success, and why won't he be allowed to continue.
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HARDtalk - General Martin Agwai
General Martin Agwai is Commander of UNAMID, the Darfur peace force. Critics say it is failing to protect the civilian population. Stephen Sackur asks why the mission is failing.
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HARDtalk - General Sir Mike Jackson
General Sir Mike Jackson was the head of the army when Britain invaded Iraq. Stephen Sackur asks if the army is suffering from Iraq fatigue.
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HARDtalk - General Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the General Staff, 2006 - 2009
Stephen Sackur talks to General Sir Richard Dannatt, retired head of the Army who's advising the Conservative party on defence.
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HARDtalk - George Birnbaum
Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu seem destined for a battle of wills. Who will win? Stephen Sackur talks to George Birnbaum, a close adviser to Israel's Prime Minister.
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HARDtalk - George Papaconstantinou, Greek Finance Minister
Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou describes his plans to save his country from bankruptcy. With Zeinab Badawi.
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HARDtalk - George Papandreou
Stephen Sackur talks to George Papandreou, the Prime Minister of Greece, who was the first EU leader to negotiate a bailout for his debt-ridden country.
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HARDtalk - Gerry Kelly
Gerry Kelly is a minister of the Northern Ireland Executive who has been both an IRA gunman and bomber. Gavin Esler asks him if a former gunman can really help bring peace.
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HARDtalk - Gilberto Gil, Brazilian Culture Minister
Musician Gilberto Gil is the Minister of Culture in the government of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Giorgi Baramidze
Giorgi Baramidze is Georgia's deputy prime minister. Could the tensions in the Caucuses spark an armed confrontation?
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HARDtalk - Goldie - DJ, Musician and Actor
Carrie Gracie talks to DJ, musician and actor Goldie, who grew up in the care system and has talked of the importance of social workers in his early life.
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HARDtalk - Gore Vidal
For six decades Gore Vidal has charted the course of the United States in novels, essays and biting commentary. Is the sun setting on imperial America?
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HARDtalk - Gotabaya Rajapaksa - Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary
A one-on-one interview with the Sri Lankan Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Stephen Sackur questions him on the Sri Lankan army's conduct in the final days of the war.
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HARDtalk - Governor Howard Dean - Former Chairman, DNC
Howard Dean, former Chairman of the Democratic party's National Committee, talks to Stephen Sackur about Barack Obama's presidency.
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HARDtalk - Gregory Schulte
Stephen Sackur asks Gregory Schulte, the US ambassador to the IAEA, is there any realistic prospect of diverting Iran from its nuclear path?
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HARDtalk - Gurinder Chadha, British film director
Stephen Sackur speaks to Gurinder Chadha, one of Britain's leading film directors, who was responsible for Bend It Like Beckham.
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HARDtalk - Haleh Esfandiari, Iranian Dissident and Academic
Jonathan Charles talks to Haleh Esfandiari, the Iranian dissident and academic. He asks her if there may be a homegrown 'velvet revolution' in Iran after 2009's disputed elections.
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HARDtalk - Hamid Al-Bayati
Is Iraq ready for the challenges that will come with a US exit? Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations Hamid Al-Bayati talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Han Dongfang - Chinese dissident and labour rights activist
Stephen Sackur talks to Han Dongfang, Chinese dissident and labour rights activist. Twenty years ago Han Dongfang was imprisoned as a result of his protest in Tiananmen Square.
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HARDtalk - Haneen Zoabi, Knesset member
Stephen Sackur interviews Haneen Zoabi. She was the first woman to be elected on an Arab party's list to the Parliament of Israel, the Knesset.
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HARDtalk - Hans Blix, Former chief United Nations Weapons Inspector
Jonathan Charles speaks to Hans Blix, the head of the UN team tasked with trying to find out whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
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Stephen Sackur asks Alexandra Shulman, the British editor of Vogue, does the fashion industry need a make-over?
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Stephen Sackur asks Jim French, chairman of Flybe, one of Britain's largest low-cost airlines, if the airline industry gives a damn about global warming.
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Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people who find themselves in the news.
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Stephen Sackur talks to Allan Leighton, the high profile businessman brought in to save the Royal Mail.
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Margareta Wahlstrom is a top UN official in the office of humanitarian affairs. Is it time to devote more attention, and money to building up our defences against global warming?
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Alan McGee has been on the cutting edge of rock and roll for 20 years. He ran a record label, he discovered Oasis, but can he survive in the internet age?
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Paul Skinner is the man at the top of Rio Tinto plc one of the world's biggest mining companies. Stephen Sackur asks whether the mining industry can be sustainable.
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From its beginnings as a concert in a field in 1970, the Glastonbury Festival has become the largest greenfield arts and music event in the world.
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Yvo de Boer is the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
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It is ten years since Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. What does the current state of Hong Kong say about China's political and economic ambitions?
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Professor Margaret Stanley is one of Britain's top specialists in cervical cancer. Stephen Sackur asks her whether we are at the beginning of a new era in the fight against cancer.
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Isaac Herzog is a member of Israel's security cabinet. Do Israeli leaders see the Palestinian split as a threat or an opportunity?
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Oliver Letwin is the Chairman of the Conservative Party's policy review. Stephen Sackur asks him what do David Cameron's Tories really stand for?
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Hunain Al-Qaddo is a member of Iraq's National Assembly and the chairman of the Iraqi Minorities Council. Is it too late to save Iraq?
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Stephen Sackur talks to Nicholas Burns, the US Under Secretary of State for political affairs. Are we seeing the start of a new Cold War between Russia and The West?
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Stephen Sackur talks to Victor Adebowale, who advises the Government on youth poverty. What suggestions has he to offer to make Britain a more equal society?
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Stephen Sackur asks Richard Dawkins if his brand of muscular atheism is any less fundamentalist and faith based than the religions it seeks to replace?
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Allan Little talks to Ronald Noble, the Secretary-General of Interpol. Is the global organisation losing its edge?
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Sarah Montague talks to Yelena Tregubova, a Russian journalist who accused President Vladimir Putin of stifling political and press freedoms.
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In an exclusive interview, Allan Little travels to Paris to meet France's radical new Minister of Finance, Christine Lagarde.
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Zeinab Badawi talks to Senator Radoslaw Sikorski, Poland's former Defence Minister.
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Allan Little talks to Saif al Islam Gaddafi, who was instrumental in the release of Bulgarian medics held in Libya.
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Graham Poll was one of England's top football match officials. He left the game complaining of intolerable intimidation. Does he believe that referees have an impossible job?
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Stephen Sackur interviews Turkish historian Taner Akcam, who explains that Ankara's commitment to human rights and democracy has still to be tested.
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An interview with Dr Usama Hasan, one of the Imams that the British government hopes will help them win 'hearts and minds' in the fight against global terrorism.
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An interview with the Hudson Insitute's Dr Irwin Stelzer, an influential advocate of free market economics and adviser to Rupert Murdoch.
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An interview with Camila Batmanghelidjh, director of Kids Company, an organisation that helps some of Britain's most neglected and abused children. Hosted by Stephen Sackur.
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Zeinab Badawi talks to Dr Kyi May Kaung, a representative of the Burmese government in exile, and Derek Tonkin, a former senior British diplomat.
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Chief Ojo Maduekwe is Nigeria's Foreign Minister. How can his country fulfil its regional potential when it is dogged by political and economic corruption at home?
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Craig Venter is the world's best known and most controversial practitioner of synthetic biology. Stephen Sackur asks him whether our species ready to play God.
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Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers, personalities and ordinary people in the news.
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Stephen Sackur talks to Max Mosley, President of the FIA. After a season of dramatic finishes on the track, uncertainty surrounds Formula One.
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Zeinab Badawi asks Hina Jilani, Wajid Hassan and Christine Fair what they think is right for Pakistan and the world.
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Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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Hardtalk goes on the road. Stephen Sackur assesses the United Nations' peacekeeping operation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and speaks to its military commander there.
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A special edition of HARDtalk on the Road. Stephen Sackur travels to Caracas in Venezuela to put a spotlight on the country's claim to be the crucible of 21st Century socialism.
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HARDtalk - HARDtalk on the road: Congo
Stephen Sackur interviews one of eastern Congo's biggest mineral traders and explores whether Congo's politicians are capable of overcoming their differences.
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Stephen Sackur visits Ilulissat in Greenland, where he talks to Penny Wong, Australia's Minister for Climate Change, and Shyam Saran, India's envoy on climate change.
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On the road in Greenland, Stephen Sackur asks Danish Environment minister, Connie Hedegaard, about the United Nations Climate Change Conference later in the year.
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Filmed in northern Greenland in July, Greenland's premier Kuupik Kleist tells Stephen Sackur that politicians should see for themselves the evidence that the ice is melting.
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HARDtalk - Haris Silajdzic, Bosnian President
Thirteen years after the war ended, Stephen Sackur asks Bosnian President Haris Silajdzic if he is doing enough to take the country towards a multicultural future.
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HARDtalk - Harold Ford Jr, Democratic Leadership Council
Harold Ford Junior is one of the Democratic Party's most influential young leaders. Stephen Sackur asks if Obama is the change America needs.
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HARDtalk - Harriet Lamb, Executive Director of the Fairtrade Foundation
Stephen Sackur speaks to Harriet Lamb, who runs the Fairtrade Foundation in the UK which offers farmers premium prices in return for sustainable practices.
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HARDtalk - Hazel Blears
Hazel Blears is the government minister leading the campaign to eradicate extremism from Britain's Muslim communities. Stephen Sackur interviews.
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HARDtalk - Heather Brooke, journalist and campaigner
Sarah Montague talks to journalist Heather Brooke, whose investigations helped expose the opaqueness of the MP's expenses system.
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HARDtalk - Hector Sants - Chief Executive, Financial Services Authority
Stephen Sackur talks to Hector Sants, the Chief Executive of the Financial Services Authority. Can the watchdog be trusted to ensure a catastrophic collapse never happens again?
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HARDtalk - Helen Clark
Jon Sopel talks to Helen Clark, the woman tasked with reducing poverty, tackling hunger and improving education and healthcare on behalf of the United Nations.
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HARDtalk - Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
Helen Clark has been Prime Minister of New Zealand since 1999. Sarah Montague asks if there is a future for her 'Third Way' ideology.
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HARDtalk - Helen Zille
Back in May Stephen Sackur travelled to Cape Town to ask Helen Zille about her views on the ANC, crime and the situation in Zimbabwe.
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HARDtalk - Howard Davies
Stephen Sackur asks Howard Davies, Chairman, Financial Services Authority, 1997 - 2003, if the world's financial markets need a new set of rules.
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HARDtalk - Howard Dean, Former Democratic Party Chairman
Sarah Montague interviews former Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean and asks him what will happen to health care reform and his views on the future of Obama's administration.
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HARDtalk - Howard Dean, former Democratic Party Chairman
With the American midterm elections approaching, Stephen Sackur asks former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee Howard Dean if the Democrats can turn things around.
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HARDtalk - Howard Dean, former Democratic Party Chairman
Stephen Sackur talks to Howard Dean, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and asks if the Democrats can turn things around.
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HARDtalk - Hryhoriy Nemyria
Stephen Sackur talks to Ukraine's Vice Prime Minister, who is responsible for European integration. How realistic are Ukraine's ambitions to join NATO and the EU?
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The ruling coalition in Ukraine, forged out of the Orange Revolution, has collapsed again. Stephen Sackur talks to Hryhoriy Nemyria, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister.
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HARDtalk - Hugh Hendry, CEO, Eclectica Asset Management
Stephen Sackur talks to hedge fund manager Hugh Hendry. Are new US financial laws and new banking regulations in Europe reducing the amount of risk the public is exposed to?
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HARDtalk - Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela
Stephen Sackur talks to the President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez. Chavez rejects accusations that he incarcerated opponents and defends his friendship with the President of Iran.
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HARDtalk - Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States
Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the United States, talks to Stephen Sackur. Has Haqqani's government the means and the will to tame the armed Islamists?
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HARDtalk - Hussain al-Shahristani, Iraqi Oil Minister
Hussain al-Shahristani is Iraq's Oil Minister. Stephen Sackur asks if his government is prepared to play hardball with the Bush administration.
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HARDtalk - Iain Duncan Smith
The Tories say they have the ideas to 'fix Britain'. Former leader Iain Duncan Smith is now the party's thinker on social issues. Stephen Sackur interviews.
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HARDtalk - Iain Hutchison, facial surgeon
Stephen Sackur talks to reconstructive surgeon Iain Hutchison about whether transplant surgery is really the best way to help people who have been facially disfigured and disabled.
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HARDtalk - Igor Yurgens, Adviser to President Medvedev of Russia
The World Bank predicts that Russia's economy will contract 4.5% in 2009. Stephen Sackur asks Igor Yurgens, advisor to President Medvedev, why Russia has proved to be vulnerable.
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HARDtalk - Imran Khan, Leader, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
Stephen Sackur talks to one of Pakistan's most visible opposition figures, Imran Khan, about his campaign for fundamental reform in the country.
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HARDtalk - Ingrid Betancourt
Stephen Sackur talks to Ingrid Betancourt, who was recently rescued from the Colombian jungle after being held hostage for more than six years by left-wing guerrillas.
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HARDtalk - Ingrid Betancourt
Stephen Sackur talks to Ingrid Betancourt who was kidnapped in 2002 whilst campaigning to become Colombia's president and held hostage for more than six years.
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HARDtalk - Ingrid Betancourt, Hostage of Colombia's FARC rebels, 2002 - 2008
Since her dramatic rescue from Colombia's FARC rebels Ingrid Betancourt has been rebuilding her life but also reliving her six years in captivity. Stephen Sackur talks to her.
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HARDtalk - Irakli Alasania
Stephen Sackur speaks to the former Georgian ambassador at the UN, Irakli Alasania. Stephen asks whether Georgia's politicians collectively set the country on the road to ruin.
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HARDtalk - Isaac Herzog
Does Israel have a coherent strategy toward Gaza? Isaac Herzog, a member of Israel's security cabinet, talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Isabel Allende
Sarah Montague asks Isabel Allende about love, loss and the dangers of a self confessed liar writing her own family's history.
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HARDtalk - Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, NATO Secretary General
Stephen Sackur talks to outgoing NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Amid unresolved issues, can NATO find a unity of purpose with the new US administration?
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HARDtalk - Jackie Stewart
Sir Jackie Stewart made his name as one of the all time greats behind the wheel of a racing car, then went on to succeed in business. He talks to Jonathan Dimbleby.
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HARDtalk - Jacques Attali
Zeinab Badawi meets Jacques Attali, President of Commission for French Economic Growth, who is attempting to resolve tensions in French suburbs.
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HARDtalk - Jacquline Gold
Stephen Sackur talks to Jacquline Gold, CEO of the Ann Summers chain. She may have given the sex industry a boost but is she also contributing to the exploitation of women?
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HARDtalk - James Glassman, US Under Secretary of State, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
On the anniversary of 9/11, Stephen Sackur talks to James Glassman, the State Department's new chief of public diplomacy.
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HARDtalk - James Lovelock
Stephen Sackur to James Lovelock, the celebrated scientist and writer. James founded the Gaia theory - the idea that the planet acts like a single organism.
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HARDtalk - James Rogers - Chairman, Rogers Holdings
Sarah Montague asks James Rogers whether he really thinks the euro is doomed, and if so, why is he buying it now?
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HARDtalk - James Taylor, singer-songwriter
Still on the road 40 years after his first album, and packing out concert halls, James Taylor talks to Stephen Sackur at the beginning of his European One Man Band tour.
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HARDtalk - Jane Goodall - Primatologist, founder Jane Goodall Institute
Dr Jane Goodall has devoted her life to the study and conservation of chimpanzees and the other great apes. Stephen Sackur asks her whether she considers it too late to save them.
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HARDtalk - Jasvinder Sanghera
Stephen Sackur talks to Jasvinder Sanghera, the founder of Karma Nirvana. Jasvinder escaped an unwanted marriage, now she helps other women, and sometimes men, in desperate trouble.
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HARDtalk - Jean-Jacques Dordain - Director-General, European Space Agency
Stephen Sackur is at the European Space Agency in Paris to ask the Director-General Jean-Jacques Dordain if space is a giant leap too far for the Europeans.
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HARDtalk - Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Film Director
Jon Sopel asks French film director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, famous for films such as Amelie, about his new feature satirising the arms trade. Has the fantasist gone serious?
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HARDtalk - Jeffrey Sachs, Economist
Stephen Sackur talks to economist Jeffrey Sachs, who supports a tax on transactions between banks and financial institutions to raise funds for global issues like poverty.
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HARDtalk - Jeffrey Swartz
When corporate chief executives start talking of social justice how seriously should we take them? Stephen Sackur talks to Jeffrey Swartz, the boss of clothing brand, Timberland.
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HARDtalk - Jendayi E Frazer
Stephen Sackur talks to Jendayi E Frazer, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and asks whether the US could be doing more to help in poverty-stricken areas.
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HARDtalk - Jeremy Hunt MP, Shadow Culture Secretary
Stephen Sackur interviews Jeremy Hunt MP, the Shadow Culture Secretary, and asks him if the Conservatives could snatch defeat from the jaws of victory at the general election.
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HARDtalk - Jesse Jackson
Barack Obama says he is standing on the shoulders of the civil rights generation. But Jesse Jackson has been slow to back his candidacy. Stephen Sackur asks him why.
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HARDtalk - Jim Gamble, Chief Executive, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre
Stephen Sackur talks to Jim Gamble, Chief Executive of the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, and asks how technology has changed patterns of child abuse.
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HARDtalk - Jim O'Neill
Stephen Sackur asks Jim O'Neill, chief economist of Goldman Sachs, whether banking big-shots have any credibility left in the current bleak climate.
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HARDtalk - Jim O'Neill, Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Stephen Sackur speaks to Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, who coined the term BRICs to highlight the new economic power of Brazil, Russia, India and China.
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HARDtalk - Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Wales is the founder of Wikipedia, a man who says his dream is to give everyone free access to the sum of all human knowledge. When it comes to Wikipedia what is the truth?
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HARDtalk - Jody Kollapan - Chairman, South African Human Rights Commission
Stephen Sackur interviews Jody Kollapan, Chairman of South Africa's Human Rights Commission, and asks him what's gone wrong with the post-liberation ideal of the Rainbow nation.
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HARDtalk - Joe Arpaio - Sheriff of Maricopa County, USA
Stephen Sackur is in Phoenix, Arizona to meet the so called 'toughest Sheriff in America', Joe Arpaio.
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HARDtalk - John Broadhurst, Bishop of Fulham
Stephen Sackur asks the Bishop of Fulham John Broadhurst - how much longer will Anglicans stay together in a communion of convenience?
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HARDtalk - John Bruton - EU Ambassador to the US
Is the North Atlantic alliance strong enough to withstand global recession? Stephen Sackur talks to John Bruton, the EU's ambassador to the United States.
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HARDtalk - John Ellis, CERN Institute
John Ellis is one of the physicists leading the effort to find the so-called God particle. If they find it, should the rest of us care?
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HARDtalk - John Francis
Zeinab Badawi talks to ecologist and activist John Francis, who walked across the entire United States and much of South America to try to highlight environmental issues.
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HARDtalk - John Francis, Ecologist and Environmental Activist
Zeinab Badawi talks to environmental activist John Francis. After witnessing an oil spill in San Francisco Bay, he gave up motorised transport and stopped talking for two decades.
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HARDtalk - John Githongo
Jonathan Charles talks to John Githongo, who was once in charge of rooting out Kenyan government corruption but is now in self-imposed exile in Britain.
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HARDtalk - John Hofmeister, President of Shell 2005 to 2008
John Hofmeister was for years a big player in the global oil industry. Stephen Sackur talks to him about the world's looming energy crisis. Is oil the solution, or the problem?
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HARDtalk - John Holmes and Clare Short
Stephen Sackur speaks to John Holmes, the head of UN humanitarian operations, and Clare Short, former UK Secretary of State for International Development.
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HARDtalk - John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia 1996-2007
Stephen Sackur talks to John Howard, Australia's former Prime Minister. What is his legacy and is Australia a stronger country now than when he took office?
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HARDtalk - John Kennedy
Zeinab Badawi talks to John Kennedy, CEO of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, about the survival of the international recording industry.
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HARDtalk - John Kufuor
Zeinab Badawi talks to the outgoing president of Ghana John Kufuor about the rise of ethnic tensions in his country.
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HARDtalk - John Moulton
Alan Little speaks to private equity financier John Moulton about the credit crunch, the chances of economic meltdown, and why he blew the whistle on the financial industry.
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HARDtalk - John Olson - Manager of Space Station operations at NASA
At the NASA headquarters in Washington Kevin Connolly asks one of NASA's senior administrators, John Olson, if further costly missions are appropriate in a time of recession.
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HARDtalk - John Prescott MP
Stephen Sackur talks former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott about his time in government and his passions, from climate change to renewal of the Labour Party.
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HARDtalk - John Sauvan, Greenpeace
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - Jon Smith, CEO First Artist Corporation
Stephen Sackur talks to Jon Smith, whose agency has represented some of football's biggest stars, and asks him if greed is destroying the beautiful game.
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HARDtalk - Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff 1994 - 2007
Zeinab Badawi talks to Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's chief of staff and the only senior member of his team to remain at his side throughout his time in Downing Street.
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HARDtalk - Jonathan Powell, Tony Blair's Chief of Staff, 1994 to 2007
Sarah Montague talks to Jonathan Powell, who argues that if governments are to make peace they must speak to their enemies. Does that apply to al-Qaeda?
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HARDtalk - Joschka Fischer, German Vice Chancellor 1998-2005
Former German Vice Chancellor Joschka Fischer talks to Stephen Sackur about whether Europe is up to the challenge of overcoming the deep recession.
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HARDtalk - Jose Sergio Gabrielli
Jose Sergio Gabrielli is the head of Petrobras, the state-owned Brazilian energy giant. With the oil price down and growth stalling are Brazil's big ambitions about to be thwarted?
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HARDtalk - Justine Roberts, Co-founder of Mumsnet
Stephen Sackur talks to Justine Roberts, the co-founder of Mumsnet. She explains how her internet project has morphed into an influential web phenomenon.
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HARDtalk - Kai Eide - UN Special Envoy to Afghanistan
Stephen Sackur asks UN Envoy to Afghanistan Kai Eide whether the international community is either coherent, or united when it comes to Afghanistan.
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HARDtalk - Kai Eide, UN Special Representative to Afghanistan
Stephen Sackur talks to Kai Eide, the outgoing UN Representative to Afghanistan. Is the current Afghan government worth fighting for?
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HARDtalk - Kamal Nath, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister
After years of spectacular growth India is now feeling the effects of the global economic downturn. Sarah Montague talks to Kamal Nath, India's Commerce and Industry minister.
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HARDtalk - Kamalesh Sharma
Stephen Sackur talks to the Commonwealth Secretary-General, Kamalesh Sharma about whether he thinks the Commonwealth can make a difference at a time of huge global challenges.
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HARDtalk - Karel de Gucht - European Commissioner for Trade
Despite global financial problems, the EU's Trade Commissioner, Karel de Gucht, tells Sarah Montague that the Doha round of trade talks could be completed next year. Is he right?
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HARDtalk - Kat Banyard, Feminist Author
Stephen Sackur interviews Kat Banyard who has been described as Britain's most influential, young feminist. How far is women's inequality tied up with sexual politics?
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HARDtalk - Ken Clarke, Shadow Business Secretary
Stephen Sackur talks to Ken Clarke, the Shadow Business Secretary. After Labour's kicking in recent elections, are voters ready to embrace David Cameron's Conservatives?
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HARDtalk - Ken Livingstone - Mayor of London 2000 - 2008
Stephen Sackur talks to former Labour MP and ex-Mayor of London Ken Livingstone, and asks what's wrong on the British left, as polls predict a Conservative general election win.
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HARDtalk - Ken Rogoff
Ken Rogoff, former Chief Economist at the IMF and a renowned student of economic history, talks to Stephen Sackur. Has globalised capitalism had its day?
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HARDtalk - Kenneth O'Keefe - Gaza flotilla activist
Sarah Montague talks to Kenneth O'Keefe who was on a boat that was part of the aid flotilla that tried to break the naval blockade on Gaza.
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HARDtalk - Kenneth Rogoff, IMF Chief Economist 2001-2003
Stephen Sackur talks to Ken Rogoff, an economist who's studied 800 years' worth of financial crises and their consequences. Based on the past, how worrying is the future?
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HARDtalk - Kishore Mahbubani
Kishore Mahbubani is a veteran Asian diplomat. Is Asia really ready to lead the world?
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HARDtalk - Konstantin Simonov
Stephen Sackur talks to Konstantin Simonov, the director of an influential Moscow think tank. Has reliance on commodities taken Russia down a dangerous path?
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HARDtalk - Kumi Naidoo, Executive Director, Greenpeace International
Following the failure of the Copenhagen talks, why do environmentalists still believe they can limit global warming?
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HARDtalk - Kurt Volker, former US Ambassador to Nato
A draft of Nato's new strategic concept has warned against cuts in defence budgets. Stephen Sackur talks to former US Ambassador to Nato, Kurt Volker.
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HARDtalk - Kwame Kwei Armah
Sarah Montague asks playwright Kwame Kwei–Armah about the legacy of slavery.
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HARDtalk - Lam Akol, Sudan People's Liberation Movement
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - Lamont Dozier - Motown Songwriter
Zeinab Badawi talks to Lamont Dozier, one of the songwriting trio behind many of Motown's greatest hits, about the possible reasons for Michael Jackson's untimely death.
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HARDtalk - Larry McDonald
Stephen Sackur speaks to Larry McDonald, who worked for several years on the Lehman's trading floor and has now written a book based on his experiences.
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HARDtalk - Larry McDonald - Former Vice President, Lehman Brothers
Stephen Sackur reflects on the events that led to the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Larry McDonald worked on Lehman's trading floor and has written a book based on his experiences.
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HARDtalk - Latif Yahia, Uday Hussein's former body double
Stephen Sackur talks to Latif Yahia, the Iraqi soldier who was ordered to become the body double for Saddam Hussein's notoriously brutal son Uday in the late 1980s.
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HARDtalk - Lawrence Hunt, CEO of Silverjet
The rise in the price of oil is catastrophic news for the aviation industry. Stephen Sackur talks to Lawrence Hunt, the founder and chief executive of start up airline Silverjet.
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HARDtalk - Lea Chishugi
Stephen Sackur talks to Leah Chishugi who campaigns on behalf of rape victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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HARDtalk - Liao Yiwu
Dissident writer Liao Yiwu spent four years in jail after writing an epic poem about the Tiananmen Square massacre. In a rare interview, Liao talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Linda Polman, Journalist and author
Stephen Sackur talks to Linda Polman, a Dutch writer and journalist who believes that International humanitarian assistance does more harm than good.
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HARDtalk - Liu Mingkang, China's chief banking regulator
Liu Mingkang is a former governor of the People's Bank of China and is now chief regulator. Why does he say that globalisation is a double-edged sword for China?
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HARDtalk - Lord Butler
Once again a spotlight is to be trained on why Britain went to war in Iraq. Jon Sopel asks Lord Butler if this inquiry will manage to restore public faith in the British government.
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HARDtalk - Lord Coe, Chairman, London 2012 Organising Committee
Stephen Sackur talks to Lord Coe, the chairman of the London 2012 Organising Committee. The building work is on schedule, but will the Olympics deliver a lasting legacy?
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HARDtalk - Lord Darzi
Lord Darzi is a leading surgeon persuaded by the British government to put policy making before his medical practice. Stephen Sackur talks to him.
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HARDtalk - Lord Guthrie
As President Obama redefines American interests, should Britain be doing the same? Lord Guthrie, the head of the British armed forces from 1997 until 2001, talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Lord Hattersley
Stephen Sackur talks to Roy Hattersley, who has experience of leading Labour in opposition and transition, about what is next for the British Labour party.
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HARDtalk - Lord Hurd, UK Foreign Secretary 1989-1995
Stephen Sackur asks former diplomat and Conservative foreign secretary Douglas Hurd whether it is time to rethink British foreign policy after decades punching above its weight.
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HARDtalk - Lord Malloch Brown
Stephen Sackur asks Foreign Office minister Mark Malloch Brown, who is responsible for Africa, Asia and the UN, to defend his approach to troublespots from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
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HARDtalk - Lord Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business
Stephen Sackur talks to Business Secretary Lord Mandelson about the state of the economy, and his chances of bringing Britain out of recession.
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HARDtalk - Lord Ouseley, former CRE chief
Herman Ouseley has long experience in city government and race relations. Stephen Sackur asks him how we can mend our fractured communities.
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HARDtalk - Lord Owen - British Foreign Secretary 1977-79
Former Foreign Secretary David Owen talks to Zeinab Badawi about his papers on Britain's nuclear decisions, released under the 30 year rule, and the lessons we can learn from them.
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HARDtalk - Lord Patten, Paul Skinner and Anne Krueger
Stephen Sackur talks to a former EU Commissioner for External Relations, the head of one of the world's largest mining companies, and a former Deputy Managing Director of the IMF.
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HARDtalk - Lord Patten, Prime Minister's representative for the Papal visit
Lord Patten is in charge of the preparations for the papal visit. Is secular Britain ready to welcome this conservative pope?
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HARDtalk - Lord Patten, Prime Minster's representative for the Papal Visit
Stephen Sackur meets Lord Patten, the Prime Minster's representative for the Papal Visit. Is secular Britain ready to welcome this conservative pope?
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HARDtalk - Lord Paul, Chairman Caparo Group Ltd
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society
Stephen Sackur talks to Lord Rees, Astronomer Royal and president of the Royal Society. Does science have the power to change lives and bring solutions to global problems?
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HARDtalk - Lord Robertson
The former Secretary General of NATO, Lord Robertson, talks to Stephen Sackur about his new report on the national security challenges of the 21st century.
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HARDtalk - Lord Winston, Professor of Science and Society
Professor Robert Winston argues that for 'every act of creation and innovation there also exists the potential for our undoing'. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Louis de Bernieres
Louis de Bernieres' latest novel, A Partisan's Daughter revisits the recent history of the former Yugoslavia. He talks to Gavin Esler.
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HARDtalk - Louis Ferrante, former Mafia boss
Stephen Sackur talks to reformed ex-Mafia gang boss Louis Ferrante about America's penal system, and the 'family' he left behind.
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HARDtalk - Lynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild
Zeinab Badawi talks to Lynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild, and asks whether her initial reservations about Barack Obama have changed following his first six months in office.
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HARDtalk - Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malaysia
Mahathir Mohamad was Malaysia's prime minister and one of the most outspoken leaders in the Muslim world.
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HARDtalk - Mahmoud Abbas
Stephen Sackur asks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas whether any progress can be made in the peace process this year, and how new leadership in Israel and the US will affect it.
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HARDtalk - Mahmoud al-Zahar, Senior Hamas official
Stephen Sackur meets Mahmoud al-Zahar, a co-founder of Hamas and one of its most senior leaders in Gaza, and asks if it's time for Hamas to show some political flexibility.
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HARDtalk - Malcolm McMahon
Stephen Sackur talks to the Catholic Bishop of Nottingham, Malcolm McMahon, about restoring public trust in the Catholic Church following the child sex abuse cover-up.
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HARDtalk - Marcus Trescothick, England Cricketer, 2000 - 2006
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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HARDtalk - Marie O'Riordan
Stephen Sackur asks Marie O'Riordan, the editor of Marie Claire, whether the recession is about to take the gloss off an era of indulgence for young women.
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HARDtalk - Mark Sedwill, NATO's senior civilian representative in Afghanistan
Mark Sedwill is Nato's civilian representative in Afghanistan. Does Nato have a coherent strategy to turn the situation around before President Obama's planned troop withdrawal?
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HARDtalk - Mark Serwotka, General Secretary, Public and Commercial Services Union
Inflation is rising and the public sector trade unions want pay rises to match. Stephen Sackur asks Mark Serwotka, will his trade union plunge Britain into discontent?
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HARDtalk - Martha Karua, Sir Edward Clay
Stephen Sackur talks to Martha Karua, Kenya's justice minister and Sir Edward Clay, Britain's former high commissioner in Nairobi.
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HARDtalk - Martha Lane Fox, Britain's Champion for Digital Inclusion
Jonathan Charles talks to Martha Lane Fox, the British government's digital inclusion champion trying to persuade the millions of people without internet access to get online.
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HARDtalk - Martin Indyk, Former US Ambassador to Israel
Stephen Sackur talks to Martin Indyk, a former US ambassador in Israel, and asks him whether he thinks Obama's Middle East strategy of diplomacy is destined to end in tears.
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HARDtalk - Martti Ahtisaari
Stephen Sackur asks the winner of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, Martti Ahtisaari, whether his faith in international peace making has been undermined by his experience in the Balkans.
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HARDtalk - Marwan Muasher
Marwan Muasher, the former Jordanian Foreign Minister, discusses the waning influence of moderate states in the Middle East. Why are Arab centrists losing their influence?
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HARDtalk - Marwan Muasher, former Jordanian Foreign Minister
Stephen Sackur talks to Marwan Muasher, the former Jordanian Foreign Minister, about the rise of extremism in the Middle East and why the 'Arab Centre' is losing its influence.
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HARDtalk - Mary Coughlan, Deputy Prime Minister of Ireland
Stephen Sackur asks Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, Mary Coughlan, if her government can pull the country back from economic disaster.
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HARDtalk - Mary Robinson
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland, says women should support other women, especially as they represent 50% of the world's but 70% of the world's poor.
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HARDtalk - Mathews Phosa, ANC Treasurer General
Stephen Sackur asks ANC Treasurer General Mathews Phosa if Jacob Zuma has the political and moral stature to revitalise the troubled nation of South Africa.
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HARDtalk - Matt Kibbe, President of FreedomWorks
Stephen Sackur asks Matt Kibbe, president of FreedomWorks, what's next for the Tea Party and if they plan to use their newfound power to hold Congress to ransom.
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HARDtalk - Matthew Bourne, Choreographer
Stephen Sackur talks to Matthew Bourne, one of the most respected choreographers of his generation. His take on ballet Swan Lake is back at the London theatre where it began.
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HARDtalk - Matthew Hayden, Australian cricketer 1993 - 2009
Australian opening batsmen Matthew Hayden plays in the lucrative Indian Premier League. Stephen Sackur asks him if cricket is in the process of selling its soul.
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HARDtalk - Mehmet Simsek, Turkish Finance Minister
Stephen Sackur talks to Mehmet Simsek, Turkey's Finance Minister. Can his country afford to upset Washington and Brussels as it flexes its strategic muscle?
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HARDtalk - Melanie Delloye-Betancourt, Daughter of a Colombian hostage
Melanie Delloye-Betancourt tells Stephen Sackur that there must be negotiations with the FARC before it's too late for her mother.
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HARDtalk - Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister, Ethiopia
Zeinab Badawi talks to Meles Zenawi, prime minister of Ethiopia, host to the African Union. Does Meles Zenawi think his domestic record justifies taking a lead on the continent?
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HARDtalk - Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York
Stephen Sackur talks to Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg about whether Wall Street can bounce back from the recent financial troubles.
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HARDtalk - Michael Heseltine - Deputy Prime Minister, 1995-97
David Cameron wants Michael Heseltine to help bring growth to the UK's poorest places. But how, in this age of austerity? With Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Michael Mansfield QC, Lawyer
Stephen Sackur asks top defence lawyer Michael Mansfield whether the police, judges and lawmakers are falling short when it comes to delivering justice.
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HARDtalk - Michael Nazir-Ali, Former Bishop of Rochester
Stephen Sackur talks to Michael Nazir-Ali, the former Bishop of Rochester. He remains an influential conservative voice in the established church despite relinquishing his post.
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HARDtalk - Michael O'Leary
Stephen Sackur talks to Michael O'Leary, the controversial boss of Ryanair, the airline which revolutionised the European aviation industry with cheap fares and no frills.
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HARDtalk - Michael Palin, Actor and Writer
Stephen Sackur talks to Michael Palin, who began in comedy, wrote and acted in movies, then won a new audience with his televised travels. How did he become a national treasure?
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HARDtalk - Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria
Michel Kazatchkine is the Executive Director of the Global Fund to fight Aids, TB and Malaria. Are we not spending enough, or are we spending it badly? He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has talked of turning Chile's hate into love. Gavin Esler asks her if this is realistic.
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HARDtalk - Mikhail Margelov
Ahead of Russia's presidential vote on March 2, Stephen Sackur talks to the Chairman of the Russian Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee.
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HARDtalk - Mikhail Margelov, Chairman, Russian Foreign Affairs Committee
Jonathan Charles speaks to Mikhail Margelov, a senior member of the Russian Government. He asks him whether a change of economic policy is just a facade.
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HARDtalk - Mikhail Saakashvili
Stephen Sackur talks to Georgia's president, Mikhail Saakashvili. Will he have to pay the price for a serious error of judgement?
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HARDtalk - Mikheil Saakashvili, President of Georgia
Stephen Sackur talks to Georgia's president, Mikhail Saaakashvili. The EU's report on 2008's conflict with Russia found both sides culpable. Should he consider his position?
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HARDtalk - Moeletsi Mbeki, Author and Political Commentator
Stephen Sackur talks to South African political commentator Moeletsi Mbeki, who believes his country is going backwards as the rest of the world recovers from the financial crisis.
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HARDtalk - Mohamed Abdullahi Omaar
Somalia is a failed state. The Islamist rebels who control swathes of the country are accused in the west of links with al Qaeda. Somalia's Foreign Minister talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Mohamed Ali Harrath
Stephen Sackur talks to Mohamed Ali Harrath, the chief executive of the Islam Channel, and asks whether his TV station is building bridges or entrenching dangerous division.
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HARDtalk - Mohamed Mostafaei, Iranian lawyer
Stephen Sackur talks to Mohamed Mostafaei, an Iranian lawyer in exile. His life has changed forever because of his involvement in a recent case that captured the world's attention.
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HARDtalk - Mohamed Nasheed, President of the Maldives
President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives is one of the most vocal advocates of urgent action to combat man-made global warming. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Mohammad Anwar, Muttahida Quami Movement
Stephen Sackur talks to the Pakistani Muttahida Quami Movement's Mohammad Anwar whose friend and colleague, Imran Farooq, was murdered at his London home last week.
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HARDtalk - Morgan Spurlock
'Supersize Me' was a one-man crusade against America's fast food culture. Now Morgan Spurlock has made a film about Osama Bin Laden.
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HARDtalk - Morgan Tsvangirai, Movement for Democratic Change
Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai has said he believes President Mugabe should be put on trial. He talks to Allan Little.
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HARDtalk - Mosab Hassan Yousef, Palestinian who spied for Israel
Mosab Hassan Yousef, who spied for Israel, tells Zeinab Badawi how he feels about being regarded as a traitor to his family, his people and his faith.
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HARDtalk - Mosiuoa Lekota - Chairman, Congress of the People
Stephen Sackur talks to Mosiuoa Lekota, who was President Mbeki's Defence Minister and led the ex-African National Congress rebels to form a new party - the Congress of the People.
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HARDtalk - Most Reverend Greg Venables
Stephen Sackur talks to the Reverend Greg Venables, the senior Anglican bishop in South America, about divisive issues in the struggle between Anglican conservatives and liberals.
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HARDtalk - Mustafa Barghouti MP - Leader of the Palestinian National Initiative
Stephen Sackur talks to independent Palestinian MP Mustafa Barghouti, who lost to Mahmoud Abbas in the last presidential election, and may stand again in the next election.
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HARDtalk - Nabil Sha'ath
Nabil Sha'ath is a veteran Palestinian protagonist in peace talks. Stephen Sackur asks him - If Obama can't engineer progress toward a two-state solution, what hope is there?
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HARDtalk - Nabil Sha'ath, Fatah Commissioner for International Relations
With Israeli Palestinian talks stalling, is there a still a route to an independent Palestinian state? Stephen Sackur speaks to Palestinian Authority official Nabil Sha'ath.
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HARDtalk - Najib Chebbi, Tunisian minister for regional and local development
In Tunisia the interim national unity government is condemned as a sham. Stephen Sackur talks to a member of that government, the minister for regional development Najib Chebbi.
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HARDtalk - Nandan Nilekani - Co-Chairman, Infosys Technologies
Jonathan Charles talks to Nandan Nilekani who believes India has a bright future, as long as it avoids what he believes are the mistakes of the western, developed nations.
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HARDtalk - Nasser Al Kidwa
Stephen Sackur talks to Nasser al Kidwa, a senior figure in Fatah, Yasser Arafat's nephew and a possible contender for future Palestinian leadership.
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HARDtalk - Nasser Judeh
Stephen Sackur talks to Nasser Judeh, Jordan's foreign minister, about the precarious diplomatic situation in the Middle East.
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HARDtalk - Niall Ferguson and Jamal Simmons
Stephen Sackur talks to historian Niall Ferguson and Democrat Jamal Simmons. How will the audacity of hope translate into the reality of power?
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HARDtalk - Nicholas Burns
Former US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Ambassador Nicholas Burns talks to Stephen Sackur about President Barack Obama's approach to foreign policy.
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HARDtalk - Nicholas Hytner, Director, National Theatre
The National Theatre is one of the biggest recipients of tax money in the arts. Stephen Sackur asks its Director Nicholas Hytner what the payback is to the public.
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HARDtalk - Nick Broomfield
Zeinab Badawi speaks to British film-maker Nick Broomfield about whether his work is sensationalist television or if it has the power to bring about social and political change.
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HARDtalk - Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
As the country prepares for a general election and polls point towards a hung parliament, Sarah Montague asks Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg if he would be happy to form a coalition.
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HARDtalk - Nick Horler - CEO of Scottish Power
CEO of Scottish Power Nick Horler explains to Stephen Sackur how their prototype carbon capture unit could be fitted to thousands of coal fired power stations around the world.
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HARDtalk - Nigel Farage MEP, United Kingdom Independence Party
Stephen Sackur is joined by UKIP's erstwhile leader Nigel Farage. He revels in his role as a troublemaking MEP in Brussels, but can he convince as a serious politician?
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HARDtalk - Nikita Lalwani
Stephen Sackur speaks to author Nikita Lalwani about her book Gifted, which raises questions about whether pushy parenting is a form of abuse.
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HARDtalk - Noam Chomsky, Philosopher and Linguist
Noam Chomsky is an internationally renowned professor of linguistics, as well as being a longstanding critic of US foreign policy. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Noam Shalit
Israeli Corporal Gilad Shalit is being held by Hamas somewhere inside the Gaza strip. His father is in London to increase international awareness of his son's plight.
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HARDtalk - Norman Lamont, Andrew Hilton, Mark Bloomfield
Does the free market need an overhaul? Stephen Sackur talks to Norman Lamont, Andrew Hilton - and Mark Bloomfield.
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HARDtalk - Nuhu Ribadu, Former Head of Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Agency
Sarah Montague talks to Nuhu Ribadu, former Head of Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Agency, who brought more than 1000 cases to court and secured 270 convictions.
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HARDtalk - Oil Discussion
Zeinab Badawi asks a panel of experts how high global oil prices could go.
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HARDtalk - Ojo Maduekwe
Stephen Sackur asks Ojo Maduekwe, Nigeria's Foreign Minister, if his country is in any position to punch its weight in Africa.
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HARDtalk - Oliver Stone
Film director Oliver Stone talks about his sequel to Wall Street, subtitled Money Never Sleeps. His films have always generated controversy, but is the audience still listening?
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HARDtalk - Olusegun Obasanjo, Former President of Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo is one of Africa's most experienced leaders. Does his record inside Nigeria lend him any credibility as a regional statesman? He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Omar Al-Bashir - President of Sudan
In an exclusive interview, Zeinab Badawi talks to Omar Al-Bashir, President of Sudan and the first serving head of state to be indicted for alleged war crimes.
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HARDtalk - Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Laureate in Literature 2006
Orhan Pamuk is widely acclaimed as one of the world's great living novelists, but in his home country of Turkey he remains a polarising figure. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Osama Hamdan - Senior Hamas Member, Lebanon
Stephen Sackur talks to Osama Hamdan, a senior member of Hamas based in Lebanon if Hamas is now prepared to do what it takes to end the fighting?
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HARDtalk - Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas
Stephen Sackur talks to Oscar Goodman, Mayor of Las Vegas, a city that has been hit harder by the economic recession than almost any other city in the United States.
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HARDtalk - Palitha Kohona, Sri Lankan Ambassador to the United Nations
Stephen Sackur questions Palitha Kohona, Sri Lanka's ambassador to the UN, about his government's humanitarian record after its conclusive military victory over the Tamil Tigers.
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HARDtalk - Paolo Scaroni - Chief Executive Officer, ENI
Stephen Sackur talks to Paolo Scaroni, the boss of Italian petro-giant ENI. ENI has stepped into oil exploration where others have feared to tread.
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HARDtalk - Pascal Lamy - Director General, WTO
Stephen Sackur talks to the director general of the World Trade Organisation, Pascal Lamy, who makes the case for free trade in the current climate of economic fear and pessimism.
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HARDtalk - Paul Auster
Zeinab Badawi talks to Paul Auster, one of America's most celebrated authors, and asks whether the culture split in the US risks tearing the country in two.
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HARDtalk - Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda
Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, talks to Stephen Sackur about western support for Africa and his country's stance on neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
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HARDtalk - Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize winner for Economics, 2008
Has the global economic crisis receded? Paul Krugman is the most recent recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics. Stephen Sackur asks him how much trouble we are still in.
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HARDtalk - Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada
Sarah Montague asks Paul Martin what role he thinks the G20 should have and whether it is possible for member countries to do anything other than advance their own interest.
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HARDtalk - Peter Balazs, Hungarian Foreign Minister
As the European Union stands on the brink of ratifying the Lisbon Treaty, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs talks to Sarah Montague about the changes Europe faces.
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HARDtalk - Peter Carey
Stephen Sackur talks to Peter Carey, a novelist who has forged a global reputation by grappling with Australia's history and identity.
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HARDtalk - Peter Eigen, Anti corruption campaigner
Peter Eigen has fought corruption for decades. Jonathan Charles asks him if he is disheartened by the fact that corruption is still so prevalent.
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HARDtalk - Peter Galbraith, Former Deputy UN Envoy to Afghanistan
Amid the arguments about vote rigging what hope is there of establishing a legitimate government in Afghanistan? Stephen Sackur talks to American diplomat Peter Galbraith.
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HARDtalk - Peter Hain
Welsh Secretary Peter Hain, who re-entered the cabinet in the prime minister's reshuffle, talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Peter Kendall
Stephen Sackur meets Peter Kendall, President of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, and asks whether the modern world can feed itself in a sustainable way.
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HARDtalk - Peter Kendall
Stephen Sackur meets Peter Kendall, President of the National Farmers' Union of England and Wales, and asks whether the modern world can feed itself in a sustainable way.
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HARDtalk - Peter Mandelson
Labour risks losing the next general election unless they identify the party more clearly with the principles of New Labour, Peter Mandelson tells Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Phandu Skelemani - Foreign Minister of Botswana
Stephen Sackur talks to Phandu Skelemani, the foreign minister of Botswana, about why confronting Robert Mugabe is taboo in southern Africa.
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HARDtalk - Phil Shiner, human rights lawyer
Stephen Sackur talks to Phil Shiner, a human rights lawyer who is locked in a legal battle with the British government on behalf of Iraqis tortured by British soldiers.
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HARDtalk - Phil Woolas MP, British Immigration Minister
Stephen Sackur speaks to Phil Woolas, the British Immigration and Borders Minister. As Britain approaches a general election is it time for a rethink of immigration policy?
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HARDtalk - Philip Gordon, US Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
Sarah Montague asks Philip Gordon, US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, if Europe is becoming less significant for the US?
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HARDtalk - Phillip Blond, Director of ResPublica
Stephen Sackur talks to Phillip Blond, director of think tank ResPublica, self-described 'Red Tory' and favourite of David Cameron. Can the Tories be the progressive party?
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HARDtalk - Pierre Moscovici
After their electorial defeat last year, France's Socialist Party is trying to regain the initiative. Pierre Moscovici is the Party's foreign affairs spokesman.
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HARDtalk - Piers Morgan - Writer and Broadcaster
Piers Morgan speaks to Stephen Sackur about how he has reinvented himself as memoir writer, TV talent show judge and all-round transatlantic celebrity.
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HARDtalk - Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Kingdom of Jordan
Stephen Sackur talks to Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan, one of the Arab world's most experienced political figures, about the George W Bush legacy in the Middle East.
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HARDtalk - Prof. Wallace Broecker, Columbia University
Professor Wallace Broecker has been called the grandfather of climate science. Stephen Sackur asks him why he's optimistic global warming can be fixed.
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HARDtalk - Professor Alison Richard, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University
Stephen Sackur asks Professor Alison Richard, Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University, whether good quality higher education open to the many, not the few, is now unaffordable.
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HARDtalk - Professor David Nutt
Stephen Sackur talks to Professor David Nutt, who was sacked as the government's chief adviser on drug abuse after suggesting that some illegal drugs are less harmful than alcohol.
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HARDtalk - Professor Germaine Greer, Writer and Academic
In 1970 Germaine Greer defined modern women's rights with her bestselling book, The Female Eunuch. Stephen Sackur asks Professor Greer how much weight her arguments carry today.
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HARDtalk - Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government
Stephen Sackur talks to Professor John Beddington, the UK's Chief Scientific Officer. To what extent are governments and politicians ready to be guided by scientific advice?
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HARDtalk - Professor Martin Seligman
Martin Seligman is renowned as the founder of positive psychology. Stephen Sackur asks whether his research into happiness is 'psycho-babble' or the key to a better world.
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HARDtalk - Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes, WHO Advisor
Stephen Sackur talks to Professor Nancy Scheper-Hughes, the World Health Organisation Advisor on human organ donation.
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HARDtalk - Professor Nouriel Roubini and Oliver Kamm
Sackur asks Professor Nouriel Roubini and Times columnist Oliver Kamm if we really are heading for another Great Depression?
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HARDtalk - Professor of Tropical Parasitology Alan Fenwick
Stephen Sackur talks to Professor of Tropical Parasitology Alan Fenwick who says that hundreds of millions of the world's poor are dying of diseases that could be easily controlled.
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HARDtalk - Professor Paul Davies, Astrophysicist
Is there life beyond our planet? That is a question which occupies astrophysicist Paul Davies. Jonathan Charles asks him whether it is time to accept there is no-one out there.
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HARDtalk - Professor Philip Zimbardo, Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Stanford University
Professor Philip Zimbardo talks to Stephen Sackur about his 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment.
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HARDtalk - Professor Richard Falk
Israel has denied a visa to the UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Terrirtores. Richard Falk talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Professor Sir Martin Rees
The USA and China can now down satellites with missiles. Professor Sir Martin Rees is Britain's Astronomer Royal. Is space science being misused?
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HARDtalk - Radek Sikorski, Polish Foreign Minister
Polish leaders now seem to look first to Washington rather than Brussels. Radek Sikorski is Poland's foreign minister.
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HARDtalk - Radoslaw Sikorski
Stephen Sackur talks to Poland's foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, about the aftermath of the plane crash in which the Polish president and a host of top officials were killed.
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HARDtalk - Raila Odinga
Last week on Hardtalk Kenyan Justice Minister Martha Karua accused Raila Odinga and his opposition party of 'ethnic cleansing'. Stephen Sackur asks him for his response.
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HARDtalk - Rais Yatim
Zeinab Badawi asks the former Malaysian foreign minister Rais Yatim if Malaysia is now being led by a dysfunctional government.
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HARDtalk - Ray Chambers, UN Malaria Envoy
Jonathan Dimbleby talks to Ray Chambers, the UN's malaria envoy. Every year one million people die from malaria, most of them children. He wants near-zero malaria deaths by 2015.
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HARDtalk - Reverend Jesse Jackson
Stephen Sackur is joined by veteran civil rights campaigner and Obama supporter Reverend Jesse Jackson to discuss whether America is ready for an era of big government.
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HARDtalk - Reverends Christine and Dennis Wiley - Covenant Baptist Church
Stephen Sackur visits one of the poorest neighbourhoods in the US, where he speaks to pastors of a local Church. Is President Obama ready to meet the challenges on his doorstep?
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HARDtalk - Review 2007
In a special edition of Hardtalk we hear again from some of the year's biggest news makers and most influential thinkers. Stephen Sackur presents the highlights of the year.
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HARDtalk - Review of the Year
Special edition featuring the best interviews of 2009, featuring politicians, intellectuals and artists, and subjects such as climate change, the global financial crisis and Obama.
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HARDtalk - Richard Brown
London's St Pancras station is the new home of the Eurostar high speed rail link to continental Europe. Stephen Sackur talks to Richard Brown, the boss of Eurostar.
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HARDtalk - Richard Dawkins
Back in July Stephen Sackur asked Professor Richard Dawkins if his brand of muscular atheism is any less fundamentalist and faith-based than the religions it seeks to replace.
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HARDtalk - Richard Douglas
Richard Douglas is the US deputy assistant secretary of defence for counter-narcotics. Stephen Sackur asks him if Afghanistan risks becoming a failed state.
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HARDtalk - Richard Lambert
Stephen Sackur speaks to Richard Lambert, the head of the UK employers group the CBI. Can state intervention stave off a disastrous global slump?
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HARDtalk - Richard Lambert, Director General, CBI
Stephen Sackur asks Richard Lambert, Director General of the Confederation of British Industry, whether British business can really deliver growth in an era of public austerity.
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HARDtalk - Richard Thompson, Singer and Songwriter
English folk-rock singer Richard Thompson discusses his critically acclaimed songs exploring politics, religion and the personal. Zeinab Badawi interviews.
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HARDtalk - Richard Trumka
Stephen Sackur talks to Richard Trumka, secretary treasurer of the largest federation of trade unions in the US, and asks if Barack Obama is winning the trust of working America.
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HARDtalk - Rick Davis, John McCain's Campaign Manager
Stephen Sackur talks to Rick Davis, John McCain's campaign manager. What must the Republicans do to broaden their appeal to the American public?
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HARDtalk - Rob Portman, President Bush's former budget director
An interview with Rob Portman, who was the US President's budget director until last month. Stephen Sackur gets an insider's account of the Bush administration.
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HARDtalk - Robert Baer
Stephen Sackur talks to Robert Baer, a former CIA agent who says America is slowly facing up to the fact that Iran is a regional superpower.
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HARDtalk - Robert Kagan, McCain adviser
Five years ago Robert Kagan was an influential advocate of war on Iraq. Now he is advising the Republican presidential candidate John McCain on foreign policy.
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HARDtalk - Robert Serry, UN Special Envoy to the Middle East
Stephen Sackur talks to Robert Serry, the UN Special Envoy to the Middle East. With new administrations in Israel and the USA he asks him, is there a role for UN diplomacy?
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HARDtalk - Robin Gibb
Stephen Sackur talks to singer-songwriter and Bee Gee Robin Gibb, and asks if his band was really different from the packaged pop stars of today.
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HARDtalk - Robin Knox-Johnston
Stephen Sackur asks veteran round the world yachtsman Robin Knox-Johnston whether we are running out of journeys of exploration and endurance.
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HARDtalk - Roger Alton
Stephen Sackur asks Roger Alton, editor of The Independent, if newspapers are destined for extinction in the digital media age?
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HARDtalk - Roger Alton
Stephen Sackur asks Roger Alton, editor of The Independent, if newspapers are destined for extinction in the digital media age.
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HARDtalk - Roger Alton
Stephen Sackur asks Roger Alton, editor of The Independent, if newspapers are destined for extinction in the digital media age.
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HARDtalk - Roger Martin, Optimum Population Trust Chairman
Carrie Gracie speaks to Roger Martin, chair of the Optimum Population Trust, who claims population control remains an 'irrational taboo' which is betraying generations to come.
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HARDtalk - Ron Prosor, Israeli Ambassador to the UK
Stephen Sackur talks to Ron Prosor, the Israeli Ambassador to the UK, about the situation in the Middle East.
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HARDtalk - Ronald Arculli - Chairman, Hong Kong Stock Exchange
In the first of two interviews from Hong Kong Stephen Sackur talks to Ronald Arculli, Chairman of the Stock Exchange, and asks where Hong Kong fits in the story of China's rise.
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HARDtalk - Ronnie Thompson - Author and former prison officer
Ronnie Thompson was a prison officer who helped to stop riots and outbreaks of unrest. Jonathan Charles asks him what needs to be done to overhaul Britain's prison system.
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HARDtalk - Russian exile Boris Berezovsky.
Russian exile Boris Berezovsky, wanted for fraud and political corruption, tells Stephen Sackur why he will not return to his native country to face charges.
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HARDtalk - Saeb Erekat, Palestinian Chief Negotiator
The UN has described conditions in Gaza as a living hell and called for an immediate ceasefire. Zeinab Badawi talks to Saeb Erekat, the Palestinian Chief Negotiator.
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HARDtalk - Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator
Stephen Sackur interviews Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator. The US government is pushing for a Middle East peace conference in November. Is this a break in the gloom?
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HARDtalk - Safa Hussein, acting Iraqi National Security Adviser
As US forces prepare to pull out of Iraq, is the country facing a new descent into chaos? Stephen Sackur talks to Safa Hussein, Iraq's acting National security Adviser.
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HARDtalk - Sali Berisha, Prime Minister of Albania
Last week Albania was invited to join NATO. The Albanian Prime Minister talks to Sarah Montague.
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HARDtalk - Sally Potter, Filmmaker
Stephen Sackur talks to Sally Potter, who hasn't just directed her own films: she has written them, scored them, choreographed them, operated the camera and taken the lead role.
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HARDtalk - Salman Ahmad, musician and campaigner
Salman Ahmad has been described as Pakistan's answer to the rock star Bono, but his promotion of inclusive Islam has angered hardliners. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Salva Kiir, President of Southern Sudan
Zeinab Badawi talks to Salva Kiir, the president of Southern Sudan. His party has declared a boycott of much of the country in the upcoming elections.
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HARDtalk - Samantha Power
Samantha Power is Barack Obama's senior foreign policy advisor. Stephen Sackur asks her if his inexperience in world affairs is catching up with him.
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HARDtalk - Sandy Berger
Stephen Sackur asks Sandy Berger, the former US National Security Advisor, if the new President is really going to be an agent of fundamental change.
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HARDtalk - Sara Payne and Shy Keenan, Campaigners Against Child Sex Abuse
Stephen Sackur talks to Sara Payne and Shy Keenan, who campaign against child sex abuse. How far can - and should - society go to safeguard children from predatory adults?
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HARDtalk - Satinath Sarangi
25 years after half a million people were exposed to lethal fumes in Bhopal, India, Satinath Sarangi tells Jonathan Charles why he is still fighting for justice for the survivors.
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HARDtalk - Scott McClellan, White House spokesman, 2003 - 2006
Scott McClellan's new book about his three years in the White House expresses deep disquiet about a political culture he describes as based on outright deception.
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HARDtalk - Sean Sutcliffe, Biofuels Corporation CEO
Sean Sutcliffe is the CEO of Biofuels Corporation. Sarah Montague asks him about the sustainability of biofuels.
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HARDtalk - Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile
Chile's president, Sebastian Pinera, talks Sarah Montague about the rescue of the trapped miners and what will happen now they have become national heroes.
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HARDtalk - Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile
In an exclusive interview for HARDtalk Chile's president Sebastian Pinera talks to Sarah Montague about the rescue of the 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days.
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HARDtalk - Sebastian Pinera, President of Chile
Sarah Montague talks to Chilean President Sebastian Pinera about the rescue attempt and what will happen now to the miners who have become national heroes.
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HARDtalk - Senator Barbara Boxer
Stephen Sackur talks to Senator Barbara Boxer, the influential chairwoman of the Senate Environment Committee.
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HARDtalk - Senator Ben Cardin
Can President Obama and the Democrat controlled Congress deliver the change they promised? Senator Ben Cardin talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Senator Chuck Hagel, Atlantic Council
Republican Senator Chuck Hagel, now chair of the Atlantic Council, talks to Stephen Sackur about current US tactics to fight terror.
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HARDtalk - Senator Tom Carper
Stephen Sackur asks Tom Carper, a senior Democrat in the US Senate, whether Barack Obama is ready to deliver his ambitious agenda on healthcare, climate change and economic reform.
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HARDtalk - Sergei Ivanov
Stephen Sackur talks to Sergei Ivanov, Russia's Deputy Prime Minister. Is Russia ready for a new era of confrontation with the West?
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HARDtalk - Sergei Ryabkov
Stephen Sackur asks Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov if a new East-West confrontation is really in Russia's interest?
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HARDtalk - Shah Mahmood Qureshi - Pakistan's Foreign Minister
Zeinab Badawi talks to Pakistan's Foreign Minister, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, about his government's contribution to regional stability.
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HARDtalk - Sherron Watkins and Paul Moore
Stephen Sackur talks Sherron Watkins formerly of the US energy giant Enron and Paul Moore once of the broken British bank HBOS, both are routinely referred to as whistle-blowers.
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HARDtalk - Shimon Peres, President of Israel
Stephen Sackur talks to Israeli president Shimon Peres ahead of the country's election in 2009 and asks the 85-year-old if he'll live to see Israel at peace with its neighbours.
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HARDtalk - Shlomo Sand
Historian Shlomo Sand claims the Israeli state has been built on foundations of myth and falsehood. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Sidney Blumnethal, former adviser to Bill Clinton
Tim Sebastian talks to Sidney Blumnethal, former adviser to Bill Clinton.
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HARDtalk - Simon Hughes MP, Deputy Leader, Liberal Democrats
Stephen Sackur asks the deputy of the Liberal Democrats if he can continue to walk the tightrope of being both a supporter of the coalition and a channel for party discontent.
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HARDtalk - Simon Jordan, Former Chairman of Crystal Palace FC
Simon Jordan is a self-made millionaire who for 10 years was a football club owner. He tried to make football a winning business and failed. Stephen Sackur asks him why.
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HARDtalk - Sir Colin Davis, President, London Symphony Orchestra
Stephen Sackur meets conductor Sir Colin Davis, who celebrates 50 years with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2009. Is classical music as vibrant today as it was when he began?
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HARDtalk - Sir David King, UK Chief Scientific Adviser, 2000-2007
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir David King, the ex-UK Chief Scientific Adviser. Ahead of the summit in Copenhagen, he discusses the science and the politics of climate change.
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HARDtalk - Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, Founder & chairman of BRAC
Stephen Sackur asks Sir Fazle Abed if his organisation, BRAC, has achieved its aim to improve the lives of the world's poorest people through social change and economic self-help.
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HARDtalk - Sir Gulam Noon
In the tabloid press he is known simply as the Curry King. Sir Gulam Noon made a fortune out of Britain's appetite for Indian food. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Sir Hilary Synnott
Sir Hilary Synnott was the British diplomat put in charge of southern Iraq after the invasion. Stephen Sackur asks what went wrong.
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HARDtalk - Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable, Police Service Northern Ireland
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Hugh Orde, Chief Constable of the Police Service Northern Ireland, and asks if his record stands scrutiny amid mounting concern over dissident conflict.
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HARDtalk - Sir Hugh Orde, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers
Stephen Sackur talks to Sir Hugh Orde, President of the Association of Chief Police Officers. He thinks elected police commissioners are a bad idea - can he stay in his job?
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HARDtalk - Sir Ian Blair, Metropolitan Police Commissioner 2005 - 2008
Sarah Montague talks to former Commissioner of the Metropolitan police, Sir Ian Blair. He calls for a national inquiry into the future of the force.
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HARDtalk - Sir Ian McKellen, Actor and gay rights campaigner
Sir Ian McKellen is one of Britain's greatest actors. He's also a tireless campaigner for gay rights. Actor or advocate for change? He tells Stephen Sackur which means more to him.
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HARDtalk - Sir Martin Sorrell - Chief Executive Officer, WPP
Sir Martin Sorrell is the boss of one of the world's biggest advertising and communications companies. Stephen Sackur asks him how the economic climate will affect such a business.
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HARDtalk - Sir Paul Nurse, Nobel Prize winning Biologist
Stephen Sackur asks British Nobel prize winning biologist Sir Paul Nurse if there is a danger when Government tries to direct scientists.
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HARDtalk - Sir Peter Hall, Theatre Director
Stephen Sackur talks to influential theatre director Sir Peter Hall. He has championed state funding for the arts, but is taxpayers' money necessary to foster creative excellence?
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HARDtalk - Sir Richard Dalton
Sir Richard Dalton was British ambassador in Tehran until 2006. Stephen Sackur asks him: with the hardliners digging in, what should western governments do now?
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HARDtalk - Sir Richard Eyre
In front of an audience, Sir Richard Eyre joins Stephen Sackur to discuss how the arts are faring in the midst of a global economic crisis.
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HARDtalk - Sir Stirling Moss, former racing driver
Formula One motor racing is the most lucrative sport in the world but it wasn't always so. Sir Stirling Moss talks about whether the sport has lost its soul.
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HARDtalk - Sir Stuart Etherington, Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations
Sir Stuart Etherington is the Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations. Stephen Sackur asks him if self-help really can deliver Cameron's 'big society'.
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HARDtalk - Sir Terry Farrell
Sir Terry Farrell is one of the world's leading architects. Stephen Sackur asks him if architects and planners are putting our planet in peril.
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HARDtalk - Sir Terry Pratchett, Writer
Stephen Sackur speaks to Sir Terry Pratchett. He has Alzheimers and wants the right to choose the time and manner of his own death. Is that an ending society is ready to accept?
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HARDtalk - Sir Terry Pratchett, Writer
Best-selling fantasy writer Sir Terry Pratchett talks to Stephen Sackur about living with Alzheimer's disease, and the right to choose when and how to die.
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HARDtalk - Sir William Patey, British Ambassador to Afghanistan
Sarah Montague speaks with Sir William Patey, Britain's ambassador in Kabul, about the controversy surrounding the parliamentary elections in Afghanistan last month.
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HARDtalk - Sister Catherine Cowley
Catherine Cowley worked for an investment bank advising the rich on how to manage their wealth, only to turn her back on all that and become a nun. She talks to Zeinab Badawi.
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HARDtalk - Slavoj Zizek, Marxist philosopher
Stephen Sackur talks to Slavoj Zizek, a leftist Slovenian philosopher whose critique of liberal capitalism has won him admirers around the world - as well as plenty of enemies.
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HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 1 - The Tamils and the North
Is Sri Lanka's current peace sustainable? International humanitarian groups are calling for war crimes investigations but how strong is the evidence? Stephen Sackur investigates.
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HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 2 - Democracy Sri Lankan-Style
Stephen Sackur asks if Sri Lanka's ruling family has replaced democracy with authoritarian rule, talking to journalists who live with the threat of intimidation and murder.
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HARDtalk - Sri Lanka Part 3 - Former Child Soldiers Rebuilding Their Lives
Stephen Sackur looks at Sri Lanka's child soldier rehabilitation programme, talking to teachers and to the teenagers themselves about their horrific experiences and new lives.
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HARDtalk - Staffan De Mistura - UN Secretary General's Special Representative in Iraq
Stephen Sackur asks Staffan De Mistura - UN Secretary General's outgoing Special Representative in Iraq - how troubled is the country that he leaves behind?
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HARDtalk - Stephen Hadley
Stephen Sackur talks to Stephen Hadley, who was National Security Adviser to President George W Bush and asks him whether the Bush years set America on the wrong strategic track.
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HARDtalk - Stephen King
Zeinab Badawi talks to Stephen King, Chief Economist of HSBC, who believes that a change in the international economic order could pose a threat to prosperity in the West.
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HARDtalk - Stephen King, Mishal Kanoo and Robert J Shapiro
Sarah Montague and a panel of experts discuss the economic prospects for Europe, the US, the Middle East and beyond.
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HARDtalk - Steve Forbes, President and CEO of Forbes
Stephen Sackur talks to Steve Forbes, President and CEO of media group Forbes, and asks if more regulation of the free market is inevitable?
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HARDtalk - Steven Berkoff
Sarah Montague interviews Steven Berkoff, the world famous actor, director and playwright and aks if the theatre is too safe, too comfortable or too bland.
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HARDtalk - Stryker McGuire, Kishore Mahbubani, Karel Lannoo
Stephen Sackur talks to three political analysts from the US, Asia and Europe about what the voters' choice in the 2010 general election means for Britain's place in the world.
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HARDtalk - Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel's books of oral history have earned him a reputation as the foremost chronicler of ordinary Americans. Stephen Sackur meets Studs Terkel in Chicago.
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HARDtalk - Studs Terkel
In January, Stephen Sackur met oral historian Studs Terkel at his Chicago home where he spoke about America's selective memory and his hopes for the country's future.
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HARDtalk - Susie Orbach
Sackur asks psychotherapist and author Susie Orbach what will make us content in our own skin.
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HARDtalk - Sydney Pollack
As a tribute to the Oscar-winning director Sydney Pollack, Hardtalk repeats a 2005 interview.
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HARDtalk - Tadjadine Bashir Niam
Stephen Sackur speaks to Tadjadine Bashir Niam of the United Resistance Front. With many aid agencies banned from Darfur, is it facing another humanitarian crisis?
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HARDtalk - Tang Jun, President of Shanda Entertainment
Stephen Sackur asks Tang Jun, president of Shanda Entertainment, whether he believes the internet is changing China, or if China is changing the internet.
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HARDtalk - Ted Forstmann
Stephen Sackur talks to Ted Forstmann, the boss of the world's largest sports marketing and talent agency, can the sports industry survive the recession unscathed?
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HARDtalk - Thandi Modise, ANC Deputy Secretary General
Stephen Sackur talks to Thandi Modise, Deputy Secretary General of the ANC, about riots, unrest and rising unemployment in South Africa under his party's President Jacob Zuma.
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HARDtalk - The Global Economy - what future?
Stephen Sackur discusses the global economy with Angela Knight, British Bankers Association, Gillian Tett, FT, Charlie McCreevy, EU Commissioner.
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HARDtalk - The NHS at 60
Stephen Sackur discusses the future of the NHS with Frank Dobson, Professor Karol Sikora and Professor Allyson Pollock.
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HARDtalk - The Year in Review
This special edition takes a journey through some of the standout interviews of 2010, including Hugo Chavez, Felipe Calderon, Sebastian Pinera and Andre Agassi.
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HARDtalk - Thomas Mayer, Chief Economists Deutsche Bank and David McWilliams economist and journalist
The Greeks are being bailed out by the other Euro member states, but the crisis is far from over. Economists Thomas Mayer and David McWilliams talk to Jonathan Charles.
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HARDtalk - Thuli Brilliance Makama, environmental lawyer
The rights of some of Africa's poorest people, or the survival of species like the black rhino - which matters more? Thuli Brilliance Makama talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Tim Smit, CEO, the Eden Project
Stephen Sackur talks to Tim Smit, the founder and CEO of the Eden Project in Cornwall, who discusses if the public can ever be converted to truly sustainable development.
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HARDtalk - Tina Brown, Editor in Chief, The Daily Beast
Stephen Sackur talks to Tina Brown, Editor-in-Chief of The Daily Beast, about her decision to ditch print media in favour of a free news website, and the changing media landscape.
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HARDtalk - Todd Stern
Stephen Sackur asks Todd Stern, the US Climate Change Envoy, how hard Barack Obama will fight for his green agenda amid political challenges and the current troubled economy.
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HARDtalk - Todd Stern, US Climate Change Envoy
Stephen Sackur asks Todd Stern, the US Climate Change Envoy, how hard Barack Obama will fight for his green agenda amid political challenges and the current troubled economy.
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HARDtalk - Tom Hooper
Tom Hooper is a young British film director who's got Hollywood buzzing. He has worked with Helen Mirren and Tom Hanks and has won several awards. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Tomasso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian Finance Minister 2006-2008
Stephen Sackur talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe. Italy's former finance minister explains just how sick the world economy is.
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HARDtalk - Tommy Thompson, former Republican Presidential candidate 2008
Tommy Thompson is one of the Republicans' most experienced campaigners and a former member of George Bush's cabinet. Stephen Sackur asks how they can win in November.
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HARDtalk - Tony Benn
As new anti-terror laws are voted in in the Commons, Stephen Sackur asks former Labour cabinet minister Tony Benn if freedoms are being endangered by the current government.
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HARDtalk - Tony Benn, Lord Fowler, Lord Steel
Stephen Sackur talks to three political fighters - former ministers, Tony Benn for Labour, Norman Fowler for the Conservatives, and the former leader of the Liberals David Steel.
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HARDtalk - Tony Juniper
Stephen Sackur speaks to Tony Juniper, former head of Friends of the Earth. In this age of austerity, have environmental issues have slipped down the political agenda?
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HARDtalk - Tori Amos, Singer-songwriter
One of America's most successful female singer-songwriters, Tori Amos has just released her fifth consecutive top ten album. She talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Trevor Manuel, South Africa's Finance Minister
Sackur asks Trevor Manuel, South Africa's Finance Minister, about the rumours of splits in the ANC and if the infighting will drag the country into further chaos.
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HARDtalk - Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenyan Deputy Prime Minister
Stephen Sackur talks to Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's deputy Prime Minister.
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HARDtalk - Uzi Landau, Israeli Internal Security Minister, 2001-2003
Stephen Sackur talks to Uzi Landau, senior Likud politician and ex-cabinet minister, amid allegations of improper payments made against the current Israeli leader, Ehud Olmert.
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HARDtalk - Vasily Petrenko, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic
Stephen Sackur interviews Vasily Petrenko, the principal conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Can he help classical music shed its elitist image and become cool?
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HARDtalk - Victor Chu, Chairman, First Eastern Investment Group
Zeinab Badawi talks to Victor Chu, chairman of China's largest investment firm. China's economy is slowing down, raising fears of social unrest. How bad a state is the country in?
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HARDtalk - Vincent De Rivaz
The Government wants a mix of renewables and nuclear. Stephen Sackur asks Vincent De Rivaz, boss of EDF whether this will be good for the planet.
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HARDtalk - Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster
Stephen Sackur talks to Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster, about the scandals afflicting the Catholic Church and how they affect the moral authority of the Pope.
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HARDtalk - Vladimir Ashkanazy
Stephen Sackur talks to Russian classical pianist and conductor Vladimir Ashkanazy about his career.
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HARDtalk - Vuk Jeremic, Serbian Foreign Minister
In an exclusive interview for HARDtalk, Stephen Sackur talks to the Serbian Foreign Minister, Vuk Jeremic.
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HARDtalk - Vuk Jermic, Serbian Foreign Minister
Vuk Jeremic is Serbia's foreign minister, and he believes Kosovo's declaration of independence sets a dangerous precedent for the world. He is interviewed by Zeinab Badawi.
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HARDtalk - Vuk Jermic, Serbian Foreign Minister
Should the UN recognise the unilateral declaration of independence from Serbia by Kosovo? Vuk Jeremic, Serbia's foreign minister, believes Kosovo sets a dangerous precedent.
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HARDtalk - Wael Abbas, Egyptian Blogger
Zeinab Badawi talks to renowned Egyptian journalist Wael Abbas. Is he just gaining celebrity status or is he making a real difference?
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HARDtalk - Walter Salles, Brazilian film maker
Stephen Sackur asks Brazilian film maker Walter Salles whether his films are projecting a stereotype that ignores the reality of Brazil's economic success.
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HARDtalk - Whoopi Goldberg
Actress Whoopi Goldberg has won a Grammy, Academy Award, Golden Globe, Emmy and a Tony. Zeinab Badawi asks how far she uses her celebrity to advance political and social beliefs.
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HARDtalk - Will Hutton, Gabriel Stein, John Ryding
Stephen Sackur asks if the leading world economies can avoid catastrophe in 2008. Analysts of the British, US and world economies give their assessment.
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HARDtalk - Willem Dafoe
Zeinab Badawi talks to actor Willem Dafoe about the criticism levelled at his latest film Antichrist and whether he thinks it crosses the line between art and obscenity.
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HARDtalk - William Hopper
William Hopper is an investment banker, a former Conservative MEP and one of the founders of the Institute of Fiscal studies. He talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - William Kristol
Stephen Sackur talks to political analyst and commentator William Kristol, one of America's most influential 'neocons', and asks if the American dream is on the brink of disaster.
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HARDtalk - William Kristol
William Kristol, one of the most prominent conservative commentators in the US, talks to Jonathan Charles about the risk that the conservative vote in the US will be split.
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HARDtalk - With Congressman Jim Clyburn
Will Barack Obama's arrival in the White House really usher in a new era of post-racial politics? Congressman Jim Clyburn talks to Stephen Sackur.
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HARDtalk - Wolfgang Schauble, German Finance Minister
The Euro Zone is staggering under a mountain of debt and Europe risks years of economic stagnation. Stephen Sackur talks to Germany's finance minister, Wolfgang Schauble.
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HARDtalk - Wolfgang Schauble - German Interior Minister
Stephen Sackur speaks to Wolfgang Schauble, Germany's Interior Minister, who is one of the most senior figures in the ruling Christian Democratic Union party.
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HARDtalk - Wu Jianmin, Chinese spokesman
Stephen Sackur interviews Wu Jianmin, Spokesman for the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and quizzes him on whether China's greater openness is here to stay.
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HARDtalk - Ygor Gaidar
Stephen Sackur talks to Ygor Gaidar, the Russian Prime Minister who introduced capitalism to the country but who is blamed by many Russians for the economic turmoil of the 90s.
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HARDtalk - Youssoufou Bamba, Ivory Coast's Ambassador to the United Nations
Stephen Sackur speaks to Ivory Coast's UN ambassador Yousouffou Bamba - newly appointed by Alassane Ouattara. Can the Ivorian impasse be broken without civil war?
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HARDtalk - Yves Leterme, Belgian Prime Minister
Belgium currently holds the EU presidency but it is a country racked by communal division. Stephen Sackur talks to Yves Leterme, the Belgian Prime Minister.
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HARDtalk - Zbigniew Brzezinski
Stephen Sackur asks Zbigniew Brzezinski would Obama's view of international relations set America on a different course?
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