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Judging Jacques Chirac: is there any point?

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In Tuesday's French papers, we ask whether it's even worth judging Jacques Chirac on 20-year-old corruption charges, take a look at fresh fears for the eurozone, and discover documents showing a French pharmaceutical company lied about the controversial drug Mediator - for 40 years.

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS

Le Figaro says if former president Jacques Chirac can't remember any of the facts his court case relates to, and the main plaintiff has dropped the charges, is it just a show trial?

The same paper also takes a look at fears for the eurozone - saying a crisis worse than Lehman Brothers could be just around the corner.

Le Parisien says no-one is immune - even the multimillionaire municipality of St Tropez is going bankrupt.

And Liberation has an exclusive revelation about pharmaceutical company Servier - it seems they lied about the controversial drug Mediator as far back as 1973.

Interview with Haitian President in Le Monde
21/01/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Interview with Haitian President in Le Monde

René Préval says he is back in control of the country and supports the implication of the American military in the rescue effort after the earthquake. This and other stories in today's French press review.
Number of orphans in Haiti may have doubled since earthquake
20/01/2010 - In the papers

Number of orphans in Haiti may have doubled since earthquake

The Independent leads with a photo of just “one in a million” of Haiti’s orphans. Here is the international press review of the day.
Number of orphans in Haiti may have doubled
20/01/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Number of orphans in Haiti may have doubled

FRENCH PRESS REVIEW (Wednesday, 20th January 2010): Several papers in France this morning lead with the US deployment of troops in the Haitian capital.
“Can the US maintain a robust role in Haiti?”
19/01/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

“Can the US maintain a robust role in Haiti?”

INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW (Tuesday, 19th January 2010): The US has a history of either political domination or neglect in its backyard, says the International Herald Tribune. Washington is now mulling over its role in the Haiti crisis.
Haitian writers pay tribute to their homeland in Libération
19/01/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Haitian writers pay tribute to their homeland in Libération

FRENCH PRESS REVIEW (Tuesday, 19th January 2010): Writers express their angers and their hopes in an 8-page supplement in Libération this morning, illustrated by painters from Port-au-Prince

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