France's papers report on the historic guilty verdict for former French President Jacques Chirac. His political career now gets a damaging footnote: a two-year suspended sentence. And the US withdrawal from Iraq also gets full coverage. That's the focus for this French press review, Friday 16th December 2011.
Muammar Gaddafi's death dominates all the papers, with reaction centring on the brutality of his last hours and whether - as with the Ceausescus in Romania and Saddam Hussein in Iraq - this will cast a shadow. That's the focus for this review of the French press, 21st October 2011.
The defector whose claims that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction provided one of the main justifications for the 2003 US-led invasion has admitted to lying about the programme to lure foreign help in toppling Saddam Hussein, the Guardian reports.
Armen Georgian meets Hans Blix, Chair of the Weapons of Mass Destruction Commission and former head of the UN's weapons inspection team in Iraq. Dr Blix shares his thoughts on the legality of the 2003 Iraq invasion, and talks about the current global threat posed by weapons of mass destruction.
Israel decides to withdraw from Ghajar - a tiny village that straddles the border between Lebanon and the Golan Heights. But locals fear that their town might end up being cut in half. Saudi Arabia unveils the brand new Mecca Metro - a train designed to alleviate the transportation problem during the Hajj pilgrimage. And we take you to Iraq and those families who're nostalgic for the Saddam Hussein era.
In an interview with FRANCE 24 Wednesday, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he will not sign off on the execution of former foreign minister Tariq Aziz, who was condemned to death on October 26th.
An Iraqi court sentenced one of Saddam Hussein's most prominent officials, former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz (pictured) to death Tuesday, sparking criticism from family members and a Vatican plea to halt the execution.
An Iraqi court handed one of Saddam Hussein's most prominent officials, former deputy prime minister Tariq Aziz (pictured), the death penalty on Tuesday for the persecution of Islamic parties, state media reported.
Saddam Hussein’s former foreign minister Tariq Aziz has called on the US to extend its presence in Iraq, saying that withdrawing troops would be "leaving Iraq to the wolves” in an interview in The Guardian newspaper published Friday.
The Guardian and the Washington Post report that CIA officials planned to shoot a fake video of the Saddam Hussein “cavorting with an adolescent boy” in a bid to destabilise his regime. This and other stories in today’s international press review: THURSDAY, 27th MAY 2010
