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IN THE PAPERS
France 24 journalists review highlights from the world's papers
Wall Street Journal
"Madoff pleads guilty to 11 charges"
Front pages are dominated by the guilty plea by Bernard Madoff, with French dailies Libération and Le Figaro putting the disgraced American financier on the front page. He's also on the cover of the Wall Street Journal. Inside the paper reports victims of his multi-billion dollar fraud were "gratified" to see Madoff sent to jail.
Gulf News
The sentencing of Muntazer Al Zaidi, the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at former US President Bush, gets heavy coverage in the Arab press. Gulf News, based in the United Arab Emirates, features a picture of Zaidi's relatives weeping outside Iraq's Central Criminal Court as he was handed his three year sentence.
The National
The Emirates daily The National says the sentence was unduly harsh. From a professional point of view it says Zaidi should have expressed his views differently than throwing his shoes at the US President. But it argues that the sentence is disproportionate and probably counterproductive.
Daily Express
When it comes to owning your own home it seems size does matter. That's according to America designer Jay Shafer, who is on a one-man crusade in favour of downsizing. He's come up with a range of portable luxury mini-homes - a possible answer for all those in search of a comfortable pad which doesn't break the bank.
Daily Mail
A doctor in the UK says chocolate should be taxed in the same way as alcohol and cigarettes to help the country tackle obesity. But pictured is Peggy Griffiths, who's a hundred years old and says it hasn't done her any harm. In fact she says been downing thirty bars a week for the past ten years.
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