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The World Next Week Podcast: May 4th, 2009

Robert McMahon and Gideon Rose
May 1, 2009
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Foreign Affairs Managing Editor Gideon Rose and CFR.org Deputy Editor Robert McMahon preview major world events in the week ahead.

In this week's podcast: The U.S. government reveals the results of its bank stress tests; President Obama hosts the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan in Washington; NATO stages war games in Georgia; and cases of swine flu are on the rise, leading to fears of a new pandemic.  

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