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The French newspapers all lead with the same story this Bastille day: the deaths of 5 French soldiers in Afghanistan which overshadow the annual military parade.

IN THE PAPERS
By Elena CASAS

France Soir puts the photo of every one of the 69 French soldiers killed in Afghanistan on its front page, whilst le Parisien looks at how the latest five troops died, and if military tactics were at fault.

Le Figaro says they died for France and for the cause of freedom - while left-wing Liberation says they may well have died for nothing, as ten years of foreign intervention in Afghanistan has left the country as poor and chaotic as before, and the Taliban arguably stronger.

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23/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'It was better they aimed their weapons just at me, rather than everybody else'

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French kids don’t know their onions... or many other veggies!
23/05/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

French kids don’t know their onions... or many other veggies!

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Calling from the top of the world
22/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Calling from the top of the world

International papers are speculating on the upcoming elections in Iran, after former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani is excluded from the vote. Columnists in the US are still up in arms over attacks on press freedoms, in the wake of a wiretapping scandal involving the Department of Justice and the Associated Press. And a high-altitude phone call lands one mountaineer in big trouble in Nepal.
A Suicide in the Cathedral
22/05/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

A Suicide in the Cathedral

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'Words vs. pictures'
21/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

'Words vs. pictures'

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