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Where is Liu Xiaobo?

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The Chinese press is euphoric at a win for Mo Yan. He is this year's Nobel literature laureate. The Bangkok Post, along with other world papers, meanwhile, is asking where Liu Xiaobo is. Liu, a political dissident, won the Nobel peace prize in 2010 and remains in prison though his exact whereabouts are unknown. That, and more, in this look at the world papers Friday 12th October, 2012.

IN THE PAPERS
By Nicholas RUSHWORTH
The French press review or the French food review?!
18/02/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

The French press review or the French food review?!

Food and wine receive extensive coverage in this morning’s French papers. How can small bistros be kept open? Should fast food chains sell halal burgers? How did French wine exporters get away with selling fake pinot noir to the American market? These and other stories in today’s French press review… THURSDAY, 18th FEBRUARY 2010
UK-Israeli citizens horrified to discover Dubai assassins used their names
17/02/2010 - INTERNATIONAL PRESS REVIEW

UK-Israeli citizens horrified to discover Dubai assassins used their names

Six British passport holders named by Dubai police as assassins of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mahbouh have the same identities as immigrants to Israel.
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Daughter of the mayor of Kiev has handbag snatched – loses €4.5m
17/02/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Daughter of the mayor of Kiev has handbag snatched – loses €4.5m

Le Figaro reports on the embarrassing robbery of Kristina Chernovetska’s handbag during a brief trip to Paris. It appears that the decadent daughter of Kiev’s mayor had spent some €4.5m on jewelry on Paris’s chic Avenue Montaigne. Kiev City Hall denies she was in Paris at the time of the robbery.
French nuclear tests in 1960s “used soldiers as guinea pigs”
16/02/2010 - IN THE PAPERS

French nuclear tests in 1960s “used soldiers as guinea pigs”

Le Parisien/ Aujourd’hui en France says that in the 1960s, France used those doing military service as guinea pigs to see the effects on the body of nuclear tests.
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Sarkozy meets unions in bid to raise retirement age
15/02/2010 - FRENCH PRESS REVIEW

Sarkozy meets unions in bid to raise retirement age

All of the major French dailies lead with the Government’s plans to raise the age of retirement which currently stands at 60. Trade Unions and the Socialist Party are divided on how to respond to the proposed reforms.

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