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17/04/2012

African press review 17 April 2012

Was there a plot to kill Raila Odinga? Will the NRM dare discuss Museveni's departure?

26/02/2012

French weekly magazines review

France's politicians can't hide their cash from today's French newspapers, who also take a look at the women behind some of the world's most powerful men.

O avião com o ex-ditador panamenho Manuel Noriega deixa o aeroporto de Orly em Paris.
11/12/2011 - France - Panama

Noriega flies out of France for jail in Panama jungle

Panama’s former Maximum Leader of National Liberation, Manuel Noriega, was flown out of Paris on Sunday, heading for Panama where he will spend more time in prison in the jungle.

22/10/2011

French press review 22 October 2011

Saturday’s French press is dominated by reactions to Franco-German efforts to save the euro, the death of Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi and the implications of his downfall on the Arab ...

21/10/2011

French press review 21 October 2011

Friday’s French papers are dominated by the death of Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi.

 

03/08/2011 - Guatemala

Guatemalan ex-officers sentenced to 6,060 years each for 1982 massacre

A court in Guatemala sentenced four former military officers to 6,060 years in prison each on Tuesday for killing more than 200 civilians in 1982 during the 36-year civil war.

07/06/2011

French press review 7 June 2011

Mercifully, there's not too much Dominique Strauss-Kahn on this morning's front pages . . . the editors seem to have got that out of their systems yesterday.

Indonesian inflight magazine fined for 'libelling' Suharto son
05/06/2011 - International media

Indonesian inflight magazine fined for 'libelling' Suharto son

An Indonesian high court  recently fined an airline's newspaper one million euros for "libel" for dubbing former dictator Suharto's son Tommy a "convicted murderer".

06/05/2011 - Chile

Chilean navy officers found guilty of journalist's murder

Chile’s Supreme Court found six ex-navy officers guilty on Thursday of the abduction and murder of a Chilean journalist one day after the country’s military coup of 1973.

22/02/2011 - Libya

Libya's ambassador to US resigns from 'dictatorship'

Libya's ambassador to the US Ali Ageli has resigned from his post on Tuesday, calling for Libyan Leader Moamer Kadhafi and his "dictatorship" to step down.

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