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An American basketball star visits North Korea - we take a look at coverage. Also, are grandparents being replaced by Google and Wikipedia? We also have more on the horsemeat scandal as it spreads to kangaroos...plus the History Channel covers the future and a man resolves a Rubik's cube while juggling it!
We take a look at the top images on social media as Pope Benedict leaves the building: popemobiles, popecopters, domes and vistas aplenty. Also some jokes and wordplay on Twitter as well as gratitude at the end of Benedict's papacy... but also some criticisms.
In Tunisia, the "Harlem Shake" viral dance phenomenon is crystallising tensions between Islamists and those in favour of full freedom of expression - even when it's the body expressing it! We also look at France 24's own version of the dance craze. Meanwhile, what will happen to the Pope's Twitter account after his resignation? We also take a look at his post-papal wardrobe.
DSK didn't succeed in having a tell-all book by a former lover banned, but his lawyers did manage to oblige its publishers to sell an "insert" with it. Marcela Iacub's "Beauty and the Beast" has caused a stir in France since extracts of it were published in Le Nouvel Observateur last week. The magazine, the writer and her publisher also have to pay €75,000 in damages to Strauss-Kahn between them.
We look at reactions to the latest scandal in the Catholic Church - the resignation of Scottish Cardinal Keith O'Brien over "inappropriate behaviour" towards four men. Also, Dominique Strauss-Kahn tries to ban a graphic book written by a former mistress. Finally, Anne Hathaway's nipples get their own Twitter handle after the actress chose a provocative dress for the Oscars ceremony.
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