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The new technologies and their impact on our society. Every Wednesday at 16h15 (Paris Time) - Presented by Rebecca BOWRING and Eric OLANDER, Internet specialist.

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The alleged US spy caught in Moscow with a blond wig bleeds into fashion statements from Paul Taylor of the Reuters news agency and Craig Copetas of Quartz.

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'Where's Wally...we mean François?'

FRENCH PAPERS, Friday 17 May: It's all about one man in Friday's French press review: François Hollande! Libération praises the French president's press conference on Thursday, calling h...

'End it like Beckham'

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Friday 17 May: We examine reaction in German newspapers to François Hollande's press conference; the International Herald Tribune looks at the impact of cross-border violence in ...

Hollande outlines his economic plans and what's the value of Brand Beckham ?

05/17/2013 - At a press conference on Thursday French President François Hollande outlined some of the ways he hopes to get the French economy gr...

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Thomas KLAU, Paris Bureau Chief, European Council on Foreign Relations, on François Hollande questions François Hollande's decision to stage his big bi-annual press conference the day after sitting down with the European C...

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Two dead as cyclone hits Bangladesh. About 800,000 people spent the night in more than 2,000 cyclone shelters and schools and colleges in Bangladesh's long coastline after the weather office ...

France breast implant trial : defence to deliver closing arguments

Clovis CASALI in Marseille - 05/16/2013

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War in Syria: PM Erdogan will push for stronger US role in Syria

05/16/2013 JASPER MORTIMER, Ankara, Turkey

President Barack Obama met Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday as world leaders scramble to f...

art - Barack Obama - food and beverage industry - Gaza Strip - Republicans (USA) - US politics

Barack Obama is facing a series of controversies - Smuggling KFC into Gaza

IN THE WORLD PAPERS - Thurs. 16/05/13: Internation...

Hollande has his back against the wall

IN THE FRENCH PAPERS - Thurs. 16/05/13: All eyes are on François Hollande as he prepares to give his second formal press conference since being elected president a little over a year ...

Latest update: 15/05/2013

- Cannes Film Festival 2013 - crime - French politics - Manuel Valls - PSG - security

FRENCH PAPERS, Weds. 15/05/13: The Cannes film festival kicks off for its 66th edition. Also, papers are sti...

'Savage online videos fuel Syria's descent into madness'

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Weds. 15/05/13: International papers react to reports of atrocities from both sides of the Syrian civil war. One particularly gruesome video of...

French businesses struggle and the world's most expensive diamond

05/16/2013 - After France slipped back into recession, how are companies coping on the ground? We have a report. Better news from Japan where the economy gr...

Cannes film Festival : The Great Gatsby takes center stage for the opening night.

05/15/2013

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Syria civil war : arming the rebels... but which faction ? The debate in Washington.

05/15/2013 NATHAN KING

The resolution welcomed the opposition Syrian National Coalition "as effective representative interlocutors need...

Syria civil war : UN resolution received 107 votes in favour. Why is that UN resolution important? Nathan King answers.

05/15/2013 NATHAN KING in New York

The assembly "strongly condemns the continued escalation in the use...

Donors' conference pledges €3.25 billion for Mali

05/15/2013

International donors pledged €3.25 billion to help rebuild conflict-hit Mali at an international conference in Brussels on Wednesday. The pledges vastly exceeded...

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France 24's Leela Jacinto and Pakistan's ambassador to Paris Ghalib Iqbal look at Nawaz Sharif's last stint as prime minister and how the military and its proxies undermined peace efforts with India.

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France slips back into recession as Francois Hollande defends record

05/15/2013 : France recorded a contraction of 0.2% in the first three months of the year, putting it back in recession. President Francois Hollande will ...

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In the wake of Monday's title celebration riots in central Paris, freelance football writer Jonathan Johnson explains why PSG's new owners may have let their guard down when it came to the club's hooligan past.

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Angelina Jolie: "my medical choice"

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Tues. 14/05/13: Actress Angelina Jolie pens a piece in the New York Times explaining why she decided to have a preventive double mastectomy. Also, garment workers i...

Paris, c'est tragique!

FRENCH PAPERS, Tues. 14/05/13: French papers react to what was supposed to be a celebration of Paris Saint Germain's Ligue 1 victory yesterday that turned quite violent. Critics say the police was un...

A tax on smartphones and shop dummies that change shape

14/05/2013

France says it's looking at putting a tax on smartphones and other internet-linked devices to help fund its cultural sector, yet prices of tablets are dro...

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The new technologies and their impact on our society. Every Wednesday at 16h15 (Paris Time) - Presented by Rebecca BOWRING and Eric OLANDER, Internet specialist.

Digital technology is now at the centre of many important wo...

Turkish authorities detained nine people in connection with a twin car bomb that killed at least 46 people in the town of Reyhanli near the Syrian border on Saturday. Syria has rejected allegations that it was behind the a...

Pakistan elections: Democracy 1, Taliban 0

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Mon. 13/05/13: International papers react to elections in Pakistan over the weekend. Pakistani papers applaud the voter turnout despite threats from the Tali...

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FRENCH PAPERS, Mon. 13/05/13: Paris Saint-Germain clinched their first Ligue 1 title in 19 years on Sunday with a 1-0 win over Lyon. Also, François Hollande's government gears up to tackle pension reform, Ségolène Royal re...

Business: Iberian ham, a tasty prospect for the Spanish economy?

Sales of Jamon Iberico, or Iberian ham, have fallen as Spain's economy suffers, but producers are hoping that changes to labeling rules could allow them to b...

The new technologies and their impact on our society. Every Wednesday at 16h15 (Paris Time) - Presented by Rebecca BOWRING and Eric OLANDER, Internet specialist.

Digital technology is now at the centre of many important wo...

Underwhelmed by his hairdryer treatment, The Independent's Anne Penketh puts the boot in to the retiring Alex Ferguson's style of management.

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FRENCH PAPERS, Fri. 10/05/13: French papers react to François Fillon's announcement that he plans to run in the 2017 presidential election "no matter what". Also, Libération investigates the use of chemical weapons in Syri...

INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, 10/05/13: Bangladeshi papers react to a deadly fire in a factory that comes soon after the country's worst industrial accident. Also, the International Herald Tribune reports on Syria's lost generatio...

A woman has been pulled alive from the wreckage of a garment factory building that collapsed near the Bangladeshi capital 17 days ago and killed more than 1,000 people, officials said Friday.

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Business: $45m stolen in international 'cyber heist'

Japan's currency falls to a four-year low against the US dollar, boosting Japanese exporters. Is Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's strategy to kick-start the economy working? ...

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Journalist Ulrike Koltermann and economist Jean-Paul Betbeze battle it out on the France 24 Debate.

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Shares in Manchester United were down almost 2% on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday after Sir Alex Ferguson announced his plans to step down. We have a report on why investors are worried. We look at the World Econ...