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Aubry and Hollande: knives out

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The Socialist primary saga continues - as the papers prepare for François Hollande and Martine Aubry to take each other on in their final TV debate this evening.

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS

Liberation has eight pages of analysis on the policy differences that separate Martine Aubry and François Hollande - while right-wing Le Figaro is just hoping they tear each other up so much that they won't be able to present a united front after the primary vote.

Rue 89 looks at the social unrest on the French Pacific island of Mayotte.

Liberation takes a look at the persecution of journalists in Turkey.

And in Le Parisien, one local authority is now fining people for digging through others' bins.

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