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In today's world papers - more on last weekend's election in Burma, FARC hostages are released in Colombia and a look at the Falklands war, 30 years on.

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS
Claws out over Miss France title
27/09/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

Claws out over Miss France title

In today's French papers- everyone's speculating about the future of Prime Minister François Fillon after he spoke out against Sarkozy at the weekend, Le Figaro talks to General David Petraeus and the Miss France competition gets nasty.
“Time for Good Ireland to tell Bad Ireland to split”
24/09/2010 - International press review

“Time for Good Ireland to tell Bad Ireland to split”

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Friday, 24th Sept. 2010: Good banks, bad banks… Isolating debt and writing it off balance sheets… Why doesn’t Ireland just divide itself in two and grant the bad part independence, ponders Frank McNally for the Irish Times. Elsewhere we look at the battle of the brothers between Ed and David Miliband and criticism in the Guardian of the abhorrent over-spending on international sporting events.
Who’s lying?
24/09/2010 - French press review

Who’s lying?

FRENCH PAPERS, Friday, 24th Sept. 2010: The Government says less than a million people took to the streets yesterday to protest against retirement reform while unions claim that the emblematic figure of three million protestors was reached. Who’s telling the truth? Never before in France has there been such a discrepancy in the figures put forth by unions and the government on how many people participated in strike action.
“Want to be happy? Don’t live in the UK”
23/09/2010 - International press review

“Want to be happy? Don’t live in the UK”

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Thursday, 23rd SEPT. 2010: This morning we look at a “quality of life” index in The Guardian which suggests Britain and Ireland have the lowest quality of life in Europe with France being ranked on top… The 16 factors taken into account included hours of sunshine and holiday entitlements. Other stories: General David Petraeus says he won’t be rushed out of Afghanistan, coverage of the Commonwealth Games fiasco and flies that can detect death from ten miles away.
Strikes across France to protest against retirement reform
23/09/2010 - French press review

Strikes across France to protest against retirement reform

FRENCH PAPERS, Thursday, 23rd September, 2010: In today’s French papers we look at the different stances of the papers regarding today’s mass strike action against retirement reform. Also, a look at Bavaria’s annual “beer rendez vous”, Oktoberfest.

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Pinochet

by Anonyme - 03/04/2012 - 11:16

Nope,but he was a friend of the British ruling class IE.Can't you guess which country they come to.Its an island where the privileged have ruled thier uneducated peasants for centuries.Only one answer is correct.Can our Broadcasters,or news media in the west name this country?.PS Understand if you Broadcasters or news media are not permitted to answer.You lot have to ask permission what to voice to its subjects.A few clues are in this statement to help if uneducated.

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