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On the front page of the press on Friday: a birthday, a balancing act and an endangered species.
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This September 11, a large part of the press evokes the terrorist attacks which changed the face of the world in 2001. A world where “everything was different”, headline Der Tagesspiegel.
Some 25 years later, El País evokes the war against terror and one of its symbols: Guantanamo. This American base transformed into a giant prison for America’s enemies and where torture scandals will break out. One of the terrorists responsible for September 11, Khalid Sheik Mohammed, was extensively tortured there by the CIA eager to obtain information.
Moreover, we are told Release, his trial is due to begin early next year but it seems “impossible”. Since his capture, the terrorist has been subjected to hundreds of torture sessions, enough to render his confession inadmissible.
September 11 which launched the war on terror and against Al-Qaeda, with mixed results. This is the opinion of Corriere Della Derra this Friday morning. Because the terrorist group split into a myriad of local cells after the death of Osama Bin Laden. Opinion shared by The Wall Street Journalfor whom these repeated wars are a failure: “America has never seemed so vulnerable.”
Brics summit and one-handed backhand
The Hindustan Times evokes India’s balancing act. The country is hosting the Brics summit. With a stated objective: 100 billion dollars in trade with Russia. An India, tells us The Asian Agewhich wants to be the driving force behind this group of fractured countries and which is currently struggling to develop meaningful relationships.
Finally, Le Figaro tells us about an endangered species: the one-handed backhand. This elegant tennis shot is almost absent from the circuit. The best players prefer its two-handed version. The reason: an acceleration of the game. The time of the elegance of Roger Federer or Pete Sampras therefore seems to be over, concludes the daily.
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