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World Service,27 Jul 2013,55 mins
Can Egypt's Interim Government get a grip on the economy?
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As up to a million people take to the streets of Egypt, what impact is the latest political turmoil having on the economy? We ask whether the interim government there can sort out some of the country's serious problems. The former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is to face trial on pimping charges. We assess his fall from grace with our correspondent, Hugh schofield, in Paris. The Archbishop of Canterbury has been left red-faced after it was discovered the Church of England holds indirect £75000 stake in a payday lender he singled out for criticism. We look at the role of payday lenders in society. Why would anyone want to launch a cyber attack on your kitchen fridge? A computer hacker will tell us why.
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