Iowa Tuesday will give us an insight into which Republican candidates are in or out - will there be a surprise? Also, Iran is sabre-rattling just weeks after the US pullout from neighbouring Iraq. And how should you nurse that New Year's Eve hangover? That's the focus for this look at the world papers, Monday 2nd January 2012.
In his traditional televised address to mark the New Year, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Saturday fresh austerity measures would not be introduced in 2012, but warned that the eurozone's debt crisis was far from over.
Millions of revellers around the world bade farewell to 2011 and celebrated the start of a new year, watching spectacular firework displays in Sydney, Tokyo, and Dubai, and the famous crystal-ball drop in New York.
The French papers look back at 2011 and at the key words that emerged: from Tweet to Fukushima. There's also a report on US soldiers returning home only to find indifference in their home town. And, economic troubles oblige, the French are enjoying their year-end office parties more than ever. That's the focus for this review of the French press, Friday 30th December 2011.
Much of Asia rang in the lunar new year on Thursday with fireworks and festivities, the new Year of the Rabbit is supposed to be one of relative calm and good fortune. Vietnam celebrates the lunar new year as the Year of the Cat.
In today’s French press review, we focus on President Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni. According to the media, they are preparing for the 2012 election. The former model and singer attends more and more events with her husband, possibly showing the start of an electoral campaign…
Revellers across Europe joined Asia in ringing in the New Year with firework spectaculars Saturday, while New Yorkers managed to emerge from a a debilitating snow storm to watch the city's traditional ball drop.
In separate messages to mark Nowrouz, the Persian New Year, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hailed Iran's victory over what they said were foreign conspirators who tried to topple the Islamic Republic.
Celebrations have been held around the country to mark the nation's most important holiday. In Shanghai, locals braved the rain and cold to line up outside temples to usher in the Year of the Tiger by praying for good fortune.
