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22/11/2012

African press review 22 November 2012

South Africa's problems fill many columns in today's papers...

The Grandes écoles that train France's élite
21/11/2012 - On-the-spot France

The Grandes écoles that train France's élite

Even though the end of the school year is months away, students in their final year of secondary school are already thinking about what the future élite

16/11/2012

African press review 16 November 2012

Zuma defends his home improvements. Can Motlanthe save SA? A serial rapist has no comment on Aids infection. A diamond smuggler has an original hiding place for 1.7 ...

Universities serve up online courses
10/11/2012 - Webwatch

Universities serve up online courses

You don't have to go to college or university to study any more thanks to new technologies. More and more universities, even the most prestigious ones, now provide courses online. 

01/11/2012

African press review 1 November 2012

The South African economy and Kenya's election preparations are among two of the stories in today's newspapers.

20/10/2012 - Afghanistan - France

We'll take your money but we can't be friends, Afghan senators tell 'infidel' France

France is to train Afghan police and army officers as part of a 300-million-euro aid package that Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius was set to discuss with Hamid Karzai in Kabul on Saturday. But

15/10/2012 - France

Outrage after French education minister hints cannabis should be legalised

Beleaguered French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault’s was forced to issue a statement on Monday asserting that his government had no intention of legalising cannabis, following comments by ...

10/10/2012

French press review 10 October 2012

Will Europe upset the global apple cart? Will the European fiscal pact mean trouble for the Socialist Party? Should French kids start school earlier?

09/10/2012 - France - US

French Scientist Serge Haroche and American David Wineland share Nobel Physics Prize

The Nobel Prize for Physics has been awarded to Frenchman Serge Haroche and David Wineland of the US for their work in quantum physics which could lead to the creation of supercomputers.

07/10/2012

French weekly magazines review

Speculation about Sarkozy’s possible comeback, a portrait of an elite school, and a luxury train voyage are in the French weeklies.

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