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After the storm

As Ireland's government pledges extra funds to save the banks we look at whether the government's plan will work. And Tanzania's former president tells us how to bring more investment to Africa.

The Irish government has made another effort to rescue the country's financial sector. Saving Anglo Irish Bank could cost the country nearly $70bn but the government says it has no choice. Jonny Dymond speaks to economist and author Michael O'Sullivan who says the country has taken a wrong turn. Germany is seen as being back on the path to prosperity, but, as it marks 20 years since reunification, young people from what was East Germany wonder what the new age has offered them. And Tanzania's former president, Benjamin Mkapa, says that there can be more investment in Africa if trade barriers between countries on the continent come down.

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Sun 3 Oct 2010 18:32GMT

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