The World Health Organisation
Plus Zimbabwe’s elections, author Louis de Bernières and global food prices.
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| Sir David Frost |
Every week, Sir David Frost, one of the most celebrated broadcasters, offers you a programme which takes its stories and guests from every part of the globe.
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| Dr Margaret Chan says bird flu poses a threat to human health across the world |
Yesterday, the World Health Organisation (WHO) released what appeared to be a routine statement about four brothers in Pakistan who had all contracted the H5N1 strain of ‘bird flu’.
The H5N1 virus was first discovered in 1997, but human cases of the illness have been limited.
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| Knox Chitiyo joins Sir David to discuss Zimbabwe’s economic troubles |
Zimbabweans are still awaiting the outcome of last week’s presidential elections.
However, it looks likely that there will be a run-off vote.
There is concern that a re-run could inflame tensions in the country and lead to violence.
The elections come against a backdrop of increasing economic troubles in the former British colony. Inflation is running at more than 100,000 per cent and fuel and food shortages are commonplace.
Knox Chitiyo of the Royal United Services Institute joins Sir David to discuss the situation and says that if a run-off were to occur, Morgan Tsvangirai would be the firm favourite to win by a decisive margin.
He adds that if Tsvangirai is elected there will be an enormous sense of expectation that he may find hard to fulfill.
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| James Miles was one of thefew journalists in Tibet when the violence began |
After experiencing some of its worst violence for years, in which more than 100 people were reportedly killed, the province of Tibet is once again calm.
It is thought the violence began after a number of Buddhist monks were arrested in the Tibetan capital Lhasa.
Most Tibetans dispute China’s claim to the Himalayan territory and resent the increasing economic, political and cultural dominance of the Chinese.
With the Beijing Olympics taking place later this year the issue of Tibet’s sovereignty is likely to remain in the international spotlight.
James Miles, the China correspondent for The Economist, joins Sir David to discuss the tensions.
Watch the interview with Knox Chitiyo and James Miles on YouTube
Louis de Bernières
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| Louis de Bernières joins Sir David to discuss his newest book and future projects |
The British novelist Louis de Bernières shot to fame with the publication of his phenomenally successful book, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.
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| Francis Moore-Lappe says hunger is a result of scarcity of democracy |
There are growing fears that global food supplies cannot keep up with demand.
Watch the interview with Francis Moore-Lappe and Simon Maxwell on YouTube
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| Frank Lutz, an American pollster, joins Sir David to discuss the presidential race |
The race for the Democratic presidential nomination in the US was always going to be fiercely contested.
However, few predicted it would last this long. What started in the January snows of Iowa looks set to run through to the final contests in Montana and South Dakota in June.
It could even go beyond that all the way to the August convention in Denver.
Barack Obama currently leads his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton in the delegate count but not by an insurmountable margin.
Meanwhile John McCain, the confirmed Republican nominee, has already set about establishing his presidential credentials for the big election in November.
Sir David is joined by American pollster Frank Luntz to discuss the presidential race.
Luntz says that despite Clinton’s strong established support, Obama is the likely winner of the Democratic nomination; adding that if this happens a segment of Democratic voters are likely to vote for McCain.
A McCain and Obama election, Luntz says, is too close to call.