"The bugger, bugged"

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Thurs., 14/4/2011: Hugh Grant gets his revenge on the tabloids - the victim of phone-tapping, he recorded a conversation with an ex-News of the World journalist with lots of revelations on shady practices in the Murdoch-owned press over the years. Grant's scoop was so popular it crashed the New Statesman's website yesterday! Also, disquiet in Iraq and an almost dead language whose two remaining speakers...don't speak!

IN THE PAPERS

By James CREEDON

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Some articles from today’s international papers:

International Herald Tribune : Libya

Der Speigel: Interview with NATO’s Rasmussen on Libya

New York Times: “An Arab spring fails to bloom for Iraq youths”

New Statesman: “The bugger, bugged”

The Guardian: “Language at risk of dying out – the last two speakers aren't talking”

Elena Casas Montanez

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25/05/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

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23/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

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22/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'Obama's Afghanistan debacle'

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