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26/11/2012 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'UMP leadership wrangle - like a bad soap opera!'

FRENCH PAPERS, Monday 26th November: It’s all about the UMP this Monday, as French papers try to work out what’s going on within the leadership of France’s main opposition party. Le Figaro calls it a "suicide broadcast live", while Libération equates it to a story line from Dallas! In other news, the Russian Prime Minister Medvedev talks all matters Syrian with Le Figaro and we look at how life as a "bon vivant" might just be good for you!

24/11/2012 - BEYOND BUSINESS

Is Russia ready to clamp down on corruption?

Russia, now the 156th member of the WTO, has a reputation for corruption that is proving difficult to shake off. According to Transparency International and its Corruption Perceptions Index, the country ranks alongside Belarus, Togo and Mauritania in the corruption stakes. We tell you the story of Sergei Magnitsky, a whistleblowing Russian lawyer whose death three years ago sparked widespread outrage and condemnation.

24/11/2012 - TURKEY-SYRIA

Turkey missile plan 'new act of provocation' Syria says

Syria described plans by Turkey to site Patriot missiles along its border as "a new act of provocation", while Russia and Iran warned the move could spark a regional crisis. In response NATO said the missiles were only for defensive purposes.

24/11/2012 - THE OBSERVERS

Anger over France's deportation of a Tunisian man; living in poverty in one of Libya's richest regions; and more

This show is made up entirely of amateur images. We've seen time and time again how images captured by ordinary citizens then uploaded onto the Web can change history, or at least shift the balance of power. This week, we take a look back at some of those moments.

14/11/2012 - CULTURE

Don't Believe What You Read, Hear or See, OK?

In Danish director Thomas Vinterberg's compelling film "The Hunt," Mads Mikkelsen stars as a kind man accused of child molestation. Next, in Rian Johnson's dystopian time travel adventure "Looper," a hit man is assigned to kill himself across space and time. Finally, in Russia, St Petersburg's new law against "homosexual propaganda" is criticised in an award-winning short film.

13/11/2012 - WEBNEWS

Russia blacklists hundreds of websites

Web users express concern as Russia blacklists hundreds of websites. Meanwhile, thousands are calling for Malala Yousafzai to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. And a Spanish football club launches a novel fundraising effort.

11/11/2012 - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

Russia to join international probe into Arafat's death

Russia is joining an international inquiry into whether former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat was murdered, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday. French and Swiss experts will exhume Arafat’s body in Ramallah later this month.

10/11/2012 - IRAQ - RUSSIA

Iraq cancels $4.2bn Russian arms deal over 'corruption'

Iraq cancelled a $4.2 billion weapons deal with Russia on Saturday amid corruption concerns, scuppering a plan that would have made the country Iraq’s biggest arms supplier after the US.

06/11/2012 - RUSSIA

Russia's Putin fires defence minister over corruption scandal

Russia's President Vladimir Putin sacked the country's defence minister, Anatoly Serdyukov, on Tuesday after he was implicated in a criminal probe into the sell-off of military assets.

06/11/2012 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

What Russia can teach US about unity

We look at cartoons in papers in two key US swing states: Florida and Ohio. The message is bleak with Americans feeling battered one way or another. Comment pieces, meanwhile, in the Chinese, Russian and Iranian papers call for more harmony, less division. And, an Algerian paper reports Algiers has a peace plan for neighbouring northern Mali. That's the focus for this look at the world papers Tuesday 6th November, 2012.

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