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Has Facebook killed love?

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MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Tues. 14/2/2012: A cynical student writing in Le Monde says love has been killed by Facebook. Is he right? Also, France awaits the announcement of Nicolas Sarkozy's running for re-election, expected tomorrow. Finally, François Hollande seems to be more pro-business when speaking to the British press than to his own electorate.

MEDIAWATCH
By James CREEDON
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