P147 CEEFAX 2 147 Fri 21 Jan 22:20/16 From World Today, BBC World Service The Paris-based International Herald Tribune takes a look at the political quicksand into which the German Christian Democrats seem to be sinking head first. "The German Parliament opened a probe into the murky financial dealings of ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl", it says. "A senior accountant for the Christian Democrats... was found dead at his home after committing suicide," the newspaper adds. 1/4 WORLD TODAY: Monday-Friday only World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 UK Papers News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Fri 21 Jan 22:12/41 From World Today, BBC World Service "Germany face-to-face with scandal", reads the headline over the front page lead in the French Le Figaro. The Italian La Rjpubblica says that the disgraced former Italian Prime Minister Betting Craxi, who died of a heart attack in Tunisia, will receive a state funeral by the Tunisian authorities. The Vatican's L'Osservatore Romano says that the reactions in Italy to the news of Craxi's death reflected "unanimous grief" but also divided views. 2/4 WORLD TODAY: Monday-Friday only World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 UK Papers News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Fri 21 Jan 22:11/26 From World Today, BBC World Service Things seem not to be looking too rosy in the Promised Land either, at least according to a headline in the French Liberation saying, "Israel's president headed towards exit door". It concerns yet another scandal, this time over President Ezer Weizman's admission to having received a substantial cash present from a friend. "Weizman is suspected of tax evasion and breach of the rules binding public servants," the paper explains. 3/4 WORLD TODAY: Monday-Friday only World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 UK Papers News Indx News Xtra Main MenuP147 CEEFAX 2 147 Fri 21 Jan 22:18/12 From World Today, BBC World Service "Russians deep in devil's cauldron of Chechen war", says the Swiss Le Temps over an interview with military historian Jean-Jacques Langendorf. "Russian tanks are no good in Grozny because they are vulnerable to mines, petrol bombs and bazookas," he said. "Great disappointment at the Pentagon", says the Belgian Le Soir. It follows the failure of a US anti- missile rocket to intercept a mock enemy missile during a test this week. 4/4 WORLD TODAY: Monday-Friday only World service: MW 648, SW 6.195 UK Papers News Indx News Xtra Main Menu