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Belgium: our 'arms are open' to French tax exiles

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IN THE FRENCH PAPERS, 18/12/12: Le Parisien/Aujourd’hui en France focuses on how struggling households are coping this winter. No less than 600,000 families who are having difficulty paying their bills face gas and electricity cuts. Meanwhile, in Le Figaro, Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders says Belgium's arms are open to tax exiles. And Christian paper La Croix explores the burning topic of euthanasia.

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'I don't know 'bout deir feet ... budda my 'ans never looka so squeaky clean!'
29/03/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'I don't know 'bout deir feet ... budda my 'ans never looka so squeaky clean!'

We look at heightened tension between Pyongyang and Washington. One paper reports that the US is engaged in "subtle-messaging" by flying stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula. Pope Francis, meanwhile, is embarking on his first Easter weekend as Pontiff: is his washing of feet more to do with washing his hands? And, in the throes of the Cyprus crisis, can IMF boss Christine Lagarde fix Europe?
Libération on Hollande: 'So far, so bad'
29/03/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Libération on Hollande: 'So far, so bad'

French papers this Friday are critical of President François Hollande's performance in his Thursday evening prime-time TV interview. He gets panned in the left-wing paper Libération for being an 'optimist addict' and in the right-wing Le Figaro for insisting on a new 75 percent tax band for those earning over a million euros. One paper, though, does say there are five reasons to be cheerful.
Back to Fukushima
28/03/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Back to Fukushima

IN THE PAPERS INTERNATIONAL - 28/03/13: Maids in Brazil are granted equal labour rights while foreign domestic workers in Hong Kong are denied the right to become permanent residents. Meanwhile, Slate compares the language used by the "anti-gay marriage camp" and those against interracial marriage in the 1960s, and the parallels are striking. And Google returns to Fukushima to take photos for Street View.
Hollande in the spotlight
28/03/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Hollande in the spotlight

IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - French President François Hollande is getting a lot of attention today. He's due to give a televised interview to the nation this evening. According to a recent poll, French people hope he will first and foremost talk about the economy and unemployment. Also, the Taiwanese press reacts to the anti-gay marriage demonstration in Paris on Sunday.
Welsh singer storms China's Got Talent with songs in praise of Communism
27/03/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Welsh singer storms China's Got Talent with songs in praise of Communism

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Weds. 27/03/13: International papers focus on the US Supreme Court as it considers a potentially historic law change on gay marriage. David Cole writes a piece in the International Herald Tribune saying the US isn’t ready for sweeping reform. Meanwhile, papers also react to rising tensions on the Korean peninsula, the BRICS summit in South Africa and a Welsh singer who’s taken China’s Got Talent by storm.

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Belgium welcomes rich,

by Harrison Picot - 19/12/2012 - 03:26

Belgium welcomes rich, spoiled brats, and so do I, at my house. You got millions? You can live here I and I will do the cooking and also your laundry. It is ppoor people and old people I don't have room for; people that need help getting back on their feet, or people with problems, or people needing money to go to college, I got no room for them, what do you think I am? France?

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