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- financial crisis - Italy - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - Morgan Tsvangirai - Robert Mugabe - Silvio Berlusconi - Zimbabwe


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France 24 journalists review highlights from the world's papers.
By Catherine NORRIS TRENT (text)
Telegraph (UK)
 
The car accident involving Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, which killed Tsvangirai’s wife Susan, features heavily in a lot of the world’s papers. It’s a particularly big story in the Britain, which was once a colonial power in Zimbabwe, and which has been vocal in condemning the Mugabe regime. The Daily Telegraph gets right to the issue that a lot of people are speculating on – whether or not the crash was a genuine accident. The paper says Zimbabwe has a history of political murders, with Mugabe brutally suppressing the opposition. The Telegraph reports that several Mugabe opponents have died in suspicious road accidents.
 
 
 
Zimbabwe Metro (Zimbabwe)
 
The Zimbabwean online publication Metro has already launched a ‘special investigation’ into the crash. Their site runs photos of President Mugabe arriving at hospital to visit Mr. Tsvangirai, and the Metro reports that a local farmer who arrived at the crash scene took photographs before being arrested and having his camera confiscated by police.
 
 
 
The Herald (Zimbabwe)
 
Zimbabwean newspaper The Herald - known as a voice piece for President Mugabe - also reports on the story. They say, after giving brief details of the accident, that Mugabe and his wife visited Tsvangirai in hospital and were able to talk with the Prime Minister, who was well enough to sit up in bed.
 
 
 
Liberation (France)
 
The financial crisis is still a major story in the papers, but the mood in some of the press is a bit more upbeat. The front page of the Libération in France features a smiley face  and the headline “La crise sans criser” – roughly translated as “the crisis without having a crisis”.
 
 
 
Aujourd’hui en France (France)
 
Meanwhile the paper Aujourd’hui en France contains many examples of how French people are keeping cheerful amid the crisis. Coverage includes money-saving tips, concentrating on family and enjoying the simpler things in life.
 
 
 
Corriere della Sera (Italy)
 
Italian daily Corriere della Sera gives Prime Minister Berlusconi’s reaction to the crisis – serious but not a tragedy. The paper reports on Berlusconi’s 17.8 billion euro public spending plans, which include building a bridge linking Sicily to mainland Italy.
 
 
 
The Guardian (UK)
 
UK newspaper The Guardian, citing an Iranian news website, reports that a shoe has been thrown in protest at Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This incident, of course, comes hot on the heels of a previous footwear assaults on former U.S. leader George W. Bush and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao.
 

 

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