Thursday, January 22, 2009

FRENCH NEWS TODAY JANUARY 23, 2009

French news headlines: January 23, 2009

Le Monde, France

Main headlines:

Obama declares the closure of Guantanamo

Stock Market in Paris hits six year low

European countries search for the solution to save the banks

Guantanamo: A Tenuous promise

Israel hopes for the release of Gilad Shalit the young Israeli soldier captured by Hamas in 2006.

The Israelis are ready to exchange more Palestinian prisoners for Shalit.

Le Monde, Foreign Affairs
Middle East: The US Role of Mediator in Question. Analyzing the influence and credibility of world diplomacy after the Gaza War.."The true question..he said..is to ask if the role of mediator of the US in the Middle East is really useful."

Gaza: the tunnels across the Egypt border are always in service. In spite of the recent Israeli bombings certain of these "re provisioning" tunnels near Rafah are already opened. Pictures published show how these well-constructed tunnels use flexible pipes to resupply fuel and water to the opposite side.

Israel Opens Inquiry Into Its Use of White Phosphorous during its recent attack in Gaza.

Ruins Tears and Mourning in Devastated Gaza. (Pictures)

Gaza in Rubble (Pictures)

New Demonstrations in Europe against the Massacre of Gaza

From: Le Figaro
Total (French Petroleum Group) ready to invest in French nuclear power.

Peking (China) is ready to improve bilateral relations with France

From: Paris Match

Obama promises a new era in America.

Obama takes the oath two times

The remarkable absence of the gay bishop (Gene Robinson chosen by Obama for the "We Are
One" Sunday. But the event was not shown by the HBO chain, which has troubled the homosexual community.

Then from Italy:

Corrierra della Sera (Milano)
Executive order of Obama to CIA: "No more torture in interrogations"

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