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HARDtalk talks to newsmakers and personalities from across the globe.
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Monday to Thursday at 0330 GMT Repeated: Monday to Thursday at 0830, 1430, 1830 (ME and SA only) 2030 and 2230 GMT |
The half hour interview is the result of detailed research and in-depth investigation
Host, Stephen Sackur, asks tough questions, getting behind the stories that make the news - from international political leaders to entertainers; from corporate decision-makers to ordinary individuals facing huge challenges.
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Wednesday 1st July 2009
Jean-Jacques Dordain – Director-General, European Space Agency
Europe has big ambitions in space, but its budget is dwarfed by that of NASA and its record is weaker.
In a special Hardtalk programme Stephen Sackur went to the European Space Agency in Paris - a city rich in history - to get a glimpse of the future.
He asked the Director-General if space is a giant leap too far for the Europeans.
Thursday 2nd July 2009
Bassam Abu Sharif – Former Senior Adviser to Yasser Arafat
Once a key figure in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Bassam Abu Sharif was once dubbed "the face of terror" by Time magazine.
He later became an advocate of peaceful negotiation and went on to become a close adviser to Yasser Arafat. He is said to have first outlined a two state solution for his people twenty years ago.
But today the world is no closer to seeing the creation of a Palestinian sovereign state. Zeinab Badawi asks him why Palestinian leaders have failed to deliver.
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