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'Sarkozy: a candidate this week'

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FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 13/02/12. According to Le Figaro, Nicolas Sarkozy will announce he’s running for a second term between now and the end of the week. The right-leaning paper says that although on paper everything is against him, he will still win the election. The Communist paper L’Humanité says Sarkozy is pandering to potential voters from the far-right.

IN THE PAPERS
By Florence VILLEMINOT

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L’Humanité: “Extreme right” 
The Tuesday blues
12/10/2010 - French press review

The Tuesday blues

FRENCH PAPERS, Tuesday 13.10.2012: France’s papers all lead with today’s strike action to protest against retirement reform. We look at the headlines and analysis. Also, is Tuesday the grimmest day of the week? Researchers at the London School of Economics have concluded it is, thanks to a new iPhone application called “Mappiness”.
Intolerance in Serbia - world press reports on anti-gay protests in Belgrade
11/10/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Intolerance in Serbia - world press reports on anti-gay protests in Belgrade

Papers this morning are looking at Sunday’s events in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, where anti-gay protesters attacked a gay pride march. We also look at the prospect of political reform in China following the Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Peace Prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. These and other stories in today’s international press review: MONDAY, 11TH OCTOBER 2010
France prepares for Tuesday's protests against pension reform
11/10/2010 - French Press Review

France prepares for Tuesday's protests against pension reform

Strikes once again in France. All the papers led with “Mardi Grève” – Strike Tuesday – with protests throughout France against the government’s proposed pension reforms tomorrow. The key measure is to bump the retirement age up from 60 to 62. Full pension entitlements will come into force from the age of 67 rather than the current 65. That’s the focus in today’s French press review: MONDAY, 11TH OCTOBER 2010
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Did Obama exaggerate European terror threat to distract from drone attacks in Pakistan?
08/10/2010 - International press review

Did Obama exaggerate European terror threat to distract from drone attacks in Pakistan?

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, 8.10.2010: In today’s international papers we focus on the US apology to Pakistan for a NATO attack that killed three soldiers on the 30th September. Pakistani paper The Nation is outraged at US drone and helicopter attacks in North Pakistan and the civilian casualties that have resulted. The Guardian this morning leads with an article claiming the US has exaggerated terror threats in Europe in order to justify the recent drone attacks in Pakistan.
Secret police files compiled “ethnic profiles” of the Roma
08/10/2010 - French press review

Secret police files compiled “ethnic profiles” of the Roma

FRENCH PAPERS, 8.10.2010: Libération leads this morning with the discovery of police files in France that ethnically profiled minorities, including the Roma. Four different NGOs have lodged complaints, saying the police is not allowed to compile information based on religion or ethnicity. This and other stories in today’s French papers…

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