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'It's not a bird, it's not a plane - it's Super Bill!'

FRENCH PAPERS, Thursday 6th September: "Can he win?", that’s the question Libération is asking of US President Barack Obama; Le Monde examines why Bill Clinton is such an important ally for the Democratic party, and Le Parisien heads to Marseille to find out what’s really happening in the city that's fast becoming known as the French "crime capital".

By Katerina VITTOZZI

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Libération: ‘Can he win?’

Olive oil U-turn: virgin on the ridiculous?
24/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

Olive oil U-turn: virgin on the ridiculous?

WORLD PAPERS, Friday 24 May: British papers continue their coverage of the brutal murder of a soldier in London; the New York Times looks at opposition to a new ruling that will allow openly gay youths to join the US Boy Scouts; and it's a big news day for "Olive Oil Times", with new olive oil rules on the EU agenda.
'I've only got €100 million left!'
24/05/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'I've only got €100 million left!'

IN THE FRENCH PAPERS, Friday 24 May; Libération questions how security forces can guard against "lone wolf" terrorists; Le Figaro criticises the French president for "waxing lyrical" at a Social Democratic Party convention in Germany; and Aujourd'hui en France has an exclusive interview with businessman Bernard Tapie, who claims "I only have 100 million euros left!"
'It was better they aimed their weapons just at me, rather than everybody else'
23/05/2013 - IN THE WORLD PAPERS

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

IN THE WORLD PAPERS, Thursday 23 May: British papers are dominated by the brutal murder of a man in south-east London. The Telegraph interviews one passer-by who tried to get the suspects to put down their weapons. Also, The New York Times looks at declining drone strikes over the past 3 years and The Guardian looks at why French TV programmes are a gamble for UK broadcasters.
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!

FRENCH PAPERS, Thurs. 23 May: One lady graces the front pages of most papers this Thursday: IMF chief Christine Lagarde. Libération carries a profile of her on the day she answers questions on alleged involvement in fraud; The Huffington Post has all the details of the case itself. Meanwhile, Aujourd’hui en France looks at the role of French jihadi fighters in Syria; and could your child identify an artichoke? According to the same paper, not enough French kids can!
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.

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Give Obama credit.

And realize Clinton cut financial regulations, Glass Steagall, ultimately leading to the financial crash. Obama got rid of "Don't ask. Don't tell", Clinton's half step to freeing LGBT citizens in the military. Obama has come out for gay marriage. A bold move. His first step as president was to sign the Lily Ledbetter Law, guaranteeing equal pay for men and women. He invests in green energy, broadens our energy use to "all of the above", passed a stimulus which got past Republicans. And above all, finally we have universal or almost universal health care! All of this a struggle against Republicans who vowed to "make health care his Waterloo" and their main goal not to help him achieve anything, but simply to defeat him. Clinton faced similar Republican instransigence, but there's a racist element to that against Obama. At the rise of The Tea Party Jimmy Carter, (a good president who Didn't invade Iran when any other party would, who offered aid to the Sandanistas after their election, but was told, "No thanks, we need you as the Evil Empire", and put solar panels on the WH roof), warned "The rise of the Tea Party is due to racism in the South And the rest of the country." I'm a white Southerner who was in the Civil Rights Movement there. The only day I was prouder than picketing a segregated motel by myself, being cursed, spat at, things thrown, was the day Obama was elected. Le Monde should give him credit. But then, as The Onion's Guide to Our Dumb Planet, says about France: "One great nation, over God." (Lived there a year and loved it. Hello to Stanislav Ravenel and Juan Fournol, whom I met in Lyon.(

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