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Anthony Weiner is latest “perv”

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INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Tues., 7/6/2011: Just weeks after the New York Daily News headlined on the Strauss-Kahn case with “Le Perv”, the New York Post calls US Congressman Anthony Weiner an “internet perv” this morning. Weiner exchanged lewd photos of himself on Twitter and yesterday made a “cringe-inducing” public apology.

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By James CREEDON

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International Herald Tribune: Housekeeper Will Testify on Sex Assault, Lawyer Says
 
International Herald Tribune: After Strauss-Kahn’s Arrest, Frenchwomen Speak Out
 
Los Angeles Times: With reported rapes, the DSK case is the exception
 
New York Post: Weiner comes clean
 
Daily Beast: An excruciating confession
 
Chicago Tribune: Oh, just go away 
 
Washington Post: Cartoons in US press on Anthony Weiner

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McFrog

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