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.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife plan to take legal action to protect their privacy after media reports emerged claiming the couple sought a divorce after the ex-IMF chief was linked to a prostitution scandal, their lawyers said on Monday.
Malta's parliament on Monday adopted a law permitting divorce, which is expected to take effect in October on the archipelago. Malta and the Philippines, both overwhelmingly Roman Catholic, are the only countries in the world where divorce is banned.
An Iranian drama by Asghar Farhadi (pictured) won the top Golden Bear prize Saturday at the 61st annual Berlin film festival. "Nader and Simin: A Separation" details a failing marriage while pitting conservative religious values against modernity.
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.
Tiger Woods and his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren have officially divorced their lawyers for said Monday. The breakup comes nine months after explosive revelations that the world’s No. 1 golfer had repeatedly cheated on his wife.
The mother of Franco-Russian three-year-old Elise, accused of hiring two thugs to kidnap her daughter and beat up her former husband, has lost an extradition appeal in Hungary and will be transferred to France by May 28.
In this edition: Silvio Berlusconi turns his divorce into a political weapon; we visit a fish farm near Venice; Europeans flock to Hungary for cheap dental care and we learn about the possible rebirth of a minority language.
A week after criticising her husband's choice of female European parliament candidates as "shamelessly trashy", Veronica Lario is set to divorce Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, according to Italian news reports.
Film director Guy Ritchie and singer Madonna are no longer husband and wife, after a London High Court judge officially granted their divorce, barely a month after the "Queen of Pop" filed for it.
