The French papers are worrying about the security of the presidential candidates this morning after a woman managed to cover François Hollande in flour yesterday. We're also looking at the Bettencourt saga, and fraudulent marriages.
In the Amhara region of Ethiopia, half of the girls are married before they come of age. Some are as young as 12. Married to older men, they are often subjected to sexual and domestic violence. However, there is hope for these young girls. Thanks to recent initiatives to provide them with education, their lives can improve and attitudes are changing.
Years on, Cambodia is still uncovering the extent of the crimes committed by the Khmer Rouge. Hundreds of thousands of men and women were forced to marry by the regime. Today, these victims of arranged marriages are seeking compensation from their tormentors.
The Italian press celebrate the installation of Mario Monti as prime minister - but with reservations about whether he'll be able to get anything done. In Spain, on the other hand, the papers aren't impressed with any of their candidates for prime minister, and neither are the indignado movement.
Married bliss turns dysfunctional in our pick of novels which destroy the happily-ever-after myth of American culture. "Mr Peanut" by Adam Ross is a Hitchcockian thriller about a man whose wife dies of a peanut allergy - but could he actually be responsible for the crime? And the couple in David Vann's heartbreaking novel "Caribou Island" prove equally dysfunctional in their failed attempts to salvage their marriage.
Rock star Paul McCartney married New York heiress Nancy Shevell on Sunday in a low-key ceremony in London. McCartney, 69, tied the knot with Shevell, 51, three years after his marriage to Heather Mills ended in an acrimonious divorce.
First, we take a look at the allegations behind increasingly tense relations between Pakistan and the US. Next, in Japan, it seems no amount of reassurance and procedure can lay fears of radiation and food safety to rest. Finally, with Chinese women giving up on country life, lonely farmers turn to "imported wives", with disastrous consequences.
Spain has become the second eurozone country to approve a cap on future deficits - Madrid has joined Berlin in passing the so called "golden rule" legislation. Also, we take a look at the latest on the Amanda Knox appeal case of the American student accused of killing her British housemate in Italy. Finally, we head to a Bulgarian village where Romany guys can find a Romany girl, if the price is right.
Much of the press leads on the Brussels summit on Thursday which ended in agreement on a second Greek bailout. Reaction is largely positive - the eurozone has been brought back from the brink. But there's criticism, too, about the direction Europe is taking. There's also the latest in the UK's phone hacking scandal, and a look at a royal spin in Monaco. That's the focus for Friday, 22nd July 2011.
