Bernard Kouchner, France's Foreign Minister

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Bernard Kouchner was a doctor and an activist when he helped set up Medecins Sans Frontieres back in the 1970s, aiming to deliver medical aid across borders, wherever it was needed. Since then he has taken his human rights activism to bring change at the United Nations and the highest levels of French governnment. He talks to Owen Bennett Jones about how he reconciles his beliefs with the political realities of office -- dealing with events in Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Guinea for example. And he explains why wanted to pay his respects to former leaders Benazir Bhutto of Pakistan and Omar Bongo of Gabon.