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'It's not a bird, it's not a plane - it's Super Bill!'

FRENCH PAPERS, Thursday 6th September: "Can he win?", that’s the question Libération is asking of US President Barack Obama; Le Monde examines why Bill Clinton is such an important ally for the Democratic party, and Le Parisien heads to Marseille to find out what’s really happening in the city that's fast becoming known as the French "crime capital".

By Katerina VITTOZZI

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Libération: ‘Can he win?’

Pope Francis shakes things up
20/05/2013 - IN THE PAPERS NATIONAL

Pope Francis shakes things up

FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 20/05/13: France wants to buy two US drones. Libération investigates the ethical and legal questions this new kind of warfare raises. Also, Le Figaro takes a look at how Pope Francis is shaking up the Catholic Chuch. And Paris Saint-Germain’s coach wants to call it quits.
'End it like Beckham'
17/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'End it like Beckham'

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Friday 17 May: We examine reaction in German newspapers to François Hollande's press conference; the International Herald Tribune looks at the impact of cross-border violence in the Syrian conflict; and finally it's the end of an era as footballer David Beckham retires, The Guardian breaks down the finances of 'Dosh and Becks'.
'Where's Wally...we mean François?'
17/05/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'Where's Wally...we mean François?'

FRENCH PAPERS, Friday 17 May: It’s all about one man in Friday’s French press review: François Hollande! Libération praises the French president’s press conference on Thursday, calling him a ‘soldier’ as he heads into his second year; however, Le Figaro claims Hollande’s speech has changed nothing; meanwhile, Slate has fun with photoshop and asks ‘Where’s François?’
Smuggling KFC into Gaza
16/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Smuggling KFC into Gaza

IN THE WORLD PAPERS - Thurs. 16/05/13: International papers focus on Barack Obama, who is facing a series of controversies that Republicans could cash in on. Also, Palestinians smuggle fast food into Gaza, scientists make a major breakthrough in human cloning and a giant rubber duck mysteriously deflates in Hong Kong.
Hollande has his back against the wall
16/05/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Hollande has his back against the wall

IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Thurs. 16/05/13: All eyes are on François Hollande as he prepares to give his second formal press conference since being elected president a little over a year ago. Also, French politicians lash out on Twitter.

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Give Obama credit.

And realize Clinton cut financial regulations, Glass Steagall, ultimately leading to the financial crash. Obama got rid of "Don't ask. Don't tell", Clinton's half step to freeing LGBT citizens in the military. Obama has come out for gay marriage. A bold move. His first step as president was to sign the Lily Ledbetter Law, guaranteeing equal pay for men and women. He invests in green energy, broadens our energy use to "all of the above", passed a stimulus which got past Republicans. And above all, finally we have universal or almost universal health care! All of this a struggle against Republicans who vowed to "make health care his Waterloo" and their main goal not to help him achieve anything, but simply to defeat him. Clinton faced similar Republican instransigence, but there's a racist element to that against Obama. At the rise of The Tea Party Jimmy Carter, (a good president who Didn't invade Iran when any other party would, who offered aid to the Sandanistas after their election, but was told, "No thanks, we need you as the Evil Empire", and put solar panels on the WH roof), warned "The rise of the Tea Party is due to racism in the South And the rest of the country." I'm a white Southerner who was in the Civil Rights Movement there. The only day I was prouder than picketing a segregated motel by myself, being cursed, spat at, things thrown, was the day Obama was elected. Le Monde should give him credit. But then, as The Onion's Guide to Our Dumb Planet, says about France: "One great nation, over God." (Lived there a year and loved it. Hello to Stanislav Ravenel and Juan Fournol, whom I met in Lyon.(

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