Has God abandoned Gbagbo?

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Thurs., 23/3/2011: We look at coverage of events in Ivory Coast as pro-Ouattara troops gain the upper hand over Gbagbo; The New York Times reveals that CIA operatives are in Libya; Robert Fisk looks reports on unrest in Syria and Assad’s speech to Parliament and more…

IN THE PAPERS

By James CREEDON

Abidjan.net / Le Patroite (Ivory Coast): Pro-Ouattara coverage in Ivory Coast

Le Pays (Burkina Faso): Is the end near for Laurent Gbagbo

Notre Voie (Ivory Coast) : Helped by the UN and French troops, rebels seize towns in the country’s interior (pro-Gbagbo coverage)

Slate Afrique: Has God abandoned Gbabgo?

New York Times: C.I.A. Agents in Libya Aid Airstrikes and Meet Rebels

L’Orient le Jour: ‘For Assad, it’s all just an international plot against him’

The Independent: “Arab Spring stops here”

The Guardian:After unscripted Arab drama, the West sneaks back on set

Times of India: India to meet Sri Lanka in cricket World Cup final

11/02/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Brigitte Bardot slams French politician in row over his memoirs

Brigitte Bardot doesn’t mince her words! She has called Patrick Balkany “un gros plouc menteur” or “a big hillbilly liar”, the UMP Party stalwarth, suggested in his memoirs that he once had a love affair with the veteran French actress.

10/02/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

Press anticipates mass protests in Teheran for Revolution Day

Iran is in the papers for two reasons this morning – firstly a renewed threat of sanctions from the international community and secondly the prospect of widespread protests by the Iranian opposition tomorrow on the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.

10/02/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Portrait of Sarkozy painted by his father could sell for €14,000

Is Pal Sarkozy capitalising on his son’s fame?! The father of the French President has painted his son and his daughter-in-law, Carla Bruni and their paintings are included in an exhibition of the First Father’s work in his home city of Budapest.

09/02/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

“France’s greatest thinker fooled by Kant hoax”

The Times’ Paris correspondent Charles Bremner is in gleeful mood this morning recounting the woes of famous French philosopher Bernard-Herni Lévy. “BHL” as he is known is “the laughing stock of the Left Bank” having referenced a philosopher who does not exist in his latest book.

09/02/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

French debate on national identity was a “fiasco”

Libération’s editorial this morning is entitled “rabbit fart” – not exactly a flattering summing up of Immigration Minister Eric Besson’s three-month debate on French national identity. Le Figaro is also critical saying that the Government’s proposals at the conclusion of the national identity debate “fall far short of expectations”.

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