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Will the Tea Party win the South Carolina primary?

We take a look at the South Carolina primary - with some papers saying that whoever is the candidate, it's the Tea party that has won, and others saying the movement is on the decline. We're also talking about plans to build the Queen a new yacht - they're pretty controversial in austerity-hit Britain.

IN THE PAPERS

By Elena CASAS

The Guardian argues Jon Huntsman pulling out of the race proves the Tea Party has won the Republican nomination - by destroying the party's centre ground - while The Daily Beast reckons the movement's actually a victim of its own success, and could soon die out.

The New York Times is looking at all those expensive campaign ads - while there's an impassioned plea for campaign finance reform on the Huffington Post.

Meanwhile, it's the Queen's diamond jubilee that has the British papers excited - The Guardian is furious at the idea of spending £90m in these austere times - and has some other suggestions for presents.

Elena Casas Montanez

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28/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'The children of Houla will be forgotten'

Is the Houla massacre Syria's Srebrenica? And what, if anything, can the international community do about the situation now? We also look at the Irish town where they have gone back to spending punts.

28/05/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Cannes: Love conquers all

It's all glitz and glamour on the French front pages - with critiques of Cannes dominating the news. We're also looking at why the established parties got left out of the race in Henin-Beaumont - and what the Pope's butler saw.

25/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Racism in Israel: 'the price of incitement'

Violence against African migrants this week in Tel Aviv has sparked angry debate in Israel. Haaretz is accusing members of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party of "incitement". That - and the latest on the Facebook IPO fiasco - is the focus for this look at the world's papers this Friday 25th May, 2012.

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25/05/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Air France: over-staffing and a jackpot bonus

The French press looks at the latest bad news for the economy. Air France is restructuring and layoffs are certain. Libération asks: what can the new left-wing government do? This as Le Parisien-Aujourd'hui-en-France reports on union anger that a former Air France CEO could, despite the economic crisis, get a "jackpot" bonus. That's the focus for this Friday, 25th May 2012.

23/05/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'Egypt's revolution now seems light years away'

Today we focus on the Egyptian elections - will the military be the real winners? We're also looking at Quebec's student protests, and the race to save this year's Parmesan.

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A tired Brit

by Anonyme - 17/01/2012 - 19:03

Queen Elizabeth, the only monarch in history to oversee the ethnic cleansing of her country, and say nothing.

Her recent co-accomplice Cameron, wants to give her a new yacht as a reward.

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This is an opportunity for the British papers to shut up.

by Charles Smyth - 17/01/2012 - 17:58

Not purchasing a Royal Yacht for the United Kingdom's Head of State, when the Royals of the Gulf States, who were nothing more that camel herders, in the early 1960s, just goes to show how the United Kingdom knows the price of everything, down to a £15.00 toe-ring from Argos, yet does not know the value of anything. Michael Gove is big in his thinking. But, like Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, it's just that the United Kingdom has gotten small.

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