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“Time for Good Ireland to tell Bad Ireland to split”

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INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Friday, 24th Sept. 2010: Good banks, bad banks… Isolating debt and writing it off balance sheets… Why doesn’t Ireland just divide itself in two and grant the bad part independence, ponders Frank McNally for the Irish Times. Elsewhere we look at the battle of the brothers between Ed and David Miliband and criticism in the Guardian of the abhorrent over-spending on international sporting events.

IN THE PAPERS
By James CREEDON

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Articles in today’s international press review:
 
The Guardian: David Miliband ‘will work for Ed’ if he loses
 
The Guardian: “Compared to a lootfest like London or Beijing, Delhi is just an also-ran”
 
Times of India: “It’s a photo finish as govt scrambles to save Games”
 
The Moscow Times: “Putin Vows Bright Arctic Future”
 
The Irish Times: “Time for Good Ireland to tell Bad Ireland to split”

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