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Venezuela to expand audit of election vote
19/04/2013 - VENEZUELA

Venezuela to expand audit of election vote

Venezuela’s election council will audit the remaining 46 percent of ballots that were not reviewed after Sunday’s contested presidential elections. Opposition candidate Henrique Capriles said he believed the truth would now come out.
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Gay marriage: an explosive debate
18/04/2013 - FACE-OFF

Gay marriage: an explosive debate

This week, tempers continue to flare in Parliament and in the streets over a government bill to legalize gay mariage and adoption. Also, this week, is the big clean-up of French politics for real? In the wake of a major scandal involving one of his ministers, François Hollande is pushing a daring agenda to force politicians to declare their assets.
Options running out for angry Venezuelan opposition
18/04/2013 - VENEZUELA

Options running out for angry Venezuelan opposition

A full recount in Venezuela’s recent presidential vote was looking increasingly unlikely on Thursday as regional leaders called an emergency meeting to discuss the political crisis.
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Opposition rally cancelled after post-election violence
17/04/2013 - VENEZUELA

Opposition rally cancelled after post-election violence

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles Wednesday called off a protest rally saying “the government wants there to be deaths”, in the wake of deadly post-election unrest. Authorities say seven people have died, 60 injured and 170 arrested.
Food aid suspended after Gazans storm UN depot
05/04/2013 - GAZA STRIP

Food aid suspended after Gazans storm UN depot

The UN suspended the distribution of food aid to 25,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday after demonstrators stormed a UN depot a day earlier. The protesters were angry that cash allowances to poor families had been halted due to budget cuts.
Berlin Wall remnants to make way for luxury apartments
01/04/2013 - GERMANY

Berlin Wall remnants to make way for luxury apartments

In recent weeks The East Side Gallery in Berlin has become a battleground. This 1.3 km strip of the Berlin Wall, decorated by artists after German reunification, is being partially removed to allow developers to build hotels and luxury flats. Berliners are up in arms and have hit the streets for the past four weeks to protest against the project. But on Wednesday the bulldozers appeared at dawn to remove the segments.
Complaining is good for you
25/03/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Complaining is good for you

FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 25 /03/13: French papers react to the massive turnout at yesterday’s anti-gay marriage rally in Paris. Aujourd’hui en France points out that complaining is good for your health, which may explain why French people live so long. And Business paper Les Echos says the situation in Cyprus is "worrying and sad".
‘Non’ to anti-gay marriage march on Champs Elysées
15/03/2013 - FRANCE

‘Non’ to anti-gay marriage march on Champs Elysées

Police in the French capital Paris have refused to allow opponents to the country’s gay marriage bill to demonstrate on the city’s famed Champs-Elysées citing security concerns. France’s Senate is due to vote on the proposed law in early April.
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Education reform: mission impossible?
14/03/2013 - POLITICS

Education reform: mission impossible?

If you want to look for trouble in France, here is one sure recipe: become Education minister and then try to reform the school system. Many have tried and most have failed. The current minister Vincent Peillon is trying to move what one his predecessors called a 'mammoth'.
Egypt: The young victims of political turmoil
11/03/2013 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Egypt: The young victims of political turmoil

We begin in Egypt where hundreds of children have been illegally detained following the recent wave of protests that have swept across the country. Next, two years since Bashar al-Assad's regime began its crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, the UN says one million Syrians have been displaced.
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