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The New York Times reveals that its systems were hacked last year; the paper believes China is behind the cyber-piracy after it published an investigative article on PM Wen Jiabao's finances. In France, a website has been set up to help same-sex couples navigate their divorce... before they're even allowed to get married. And Le Spice Boy arrives in the city of lights: we see how social networks are reacting to David Beckham's signing to Paris Saint-Germain.

The violence in Syria during a visit by an Arab League mission dominates. Comment writers also look more broadly at the Arab Spring as we head in to the New Year. There's a preview of the Iowa Republican caucus on Tuesday, and two Italian "centenarians" head to the divorce court after 77 years as Mr and Mrs. That's the focus for Friday, 30th December 2011.

As Silvio Berlusconi's immunity shield is dented, prosecutors investigate whether he paid for sex with an underage Moroccan girl. Foreign parents wrestle with the German courts who favour custody rights for their own citizens in cross-border divorces. And finally, "too old" for telly at 53, a female presenter wins her case against the broadcaster that swapped her for a younger model.