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Euro Edition: Morning Papers
Aired October 10, 2003 - 05:45 ET
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: In the meantime, let's check on what is making headlines overseas this morning in our 'Euro Edition.' Liz George is live in London.
What are the front pages looking like this morning -- Liz?
LIZ GEORGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A lot of disparate front pages this morning, lots of -- lots of local news going on in various different countries. But one newspaper I do want to show you, it's "The Independent," which is one of the U.K.'s more sort of campaigning newspapers. And it's looking back on Iraq six months on. And really, I suppose very bravely, has pulled together a survey, the good, the bad and the uncertain is what it says. And it basically pulls together what has actually happened there since the war actually ended and peacekeeping started.
It talks about, obviously, the casualties of war. Oil and fuel as well, though. It says that at the moment there are only 300 petrol outlets for Iraq's 25 million people. So they have really gone into detail here on what the situation is like in Iraq on the ground for people there. Food, three out of five Iraqis depend on food aid. Water, safe drinking water is now available to 60 percent of the population compared with 85 percent before the war. Education, Iraq has 15,000 schools and 1.5 million secondary school pupils, so all sorts of things there.
They are really trying to wrap it up and really trying to put figures, facts and numbers down on what's actually happened in Iraq. And as I say, it's one of the more campaigning newspapers here in the U.K., so perhaps not such a surprise that "The Independent" should have this splashed all over its front page today -- Carol.
LIN: All right. Liz, what about Sir Roger Moore, how was the ceremony there at Buckingham Palace?
GEORGE: Sir Roger Moore. Some knighthoods. A good tradition in the U.K., some knighthoods going on here. And Sir Roger Moore, of course 007, gets his knighthood, along with Sting. And the headline here in "The Sun" this Friday, walking gong the moon. Gives them a bit of an opportunity to play on words with regards to some of Sting's song titles. And they both received various different honors. A CB for Sting there and he said it was a bit like a dream, is what he said. But he said that he doubted the Queen was -- had ever actually heard of many of his hits such as "Walking on the Moon."
And Roger Moore as well. He commenting after he got his award said that he was a bit worried that he wouldn't be able to get up after kneeling down. He thought he was in a bit of a costume drama playing the part of Ivanhoe. Nice pictures, here's another one.
LIN: So romantic. Do you think the Queen flirted with him, any chance of that?
GEORGE: Well I'm sure that he would have raised an eyebrow at that.
LIN: All right. Well two very handsome men, I might say, who were knighted. Thank you so much, Liz George.
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Aired October 10, 2003 - 05:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: In the meantime, let's check on what is making headlines overseas this morning in our 'Euro Edition.' Liz George is live in London.
What are the front pages looking like this morning -- Liz?
LIZ GEORGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: A lot of disparate front pages this morning, lots of -- lots of local news going on in various different countries. But one newspaper I do want to show you, it's "The Independent," which is one of the U.K.'s more sort of campaigning newspapers. And it's looking back on Iraq six months on. And really, I suppose very bravely, has pulled together a survey, the good, the bad and the uncertain is what it says. And it basically pulls together what has actually happened there since the war actually ended and peacekeeping started.
It talks about, obviously, the casualties of war. Oil and fuel as well, though. It says that at the moment there are only 300 petrol outlets for Iraq's 25 million people. So they have really gone into detail here on what the situation is like in Iraq on the ground for people there. Food, three out of five Iraqis depend on food aid. Water, safe drinking water is now available to 60 percent of the population compared with 85 percent before the war. Education, Iraq has 15,000 schools and 1.5 million secondary school pupils, so all sorts of things there.
They are really trying to wrap it up and really trying to put figures, facts and numbers down on what's actually happened in Iraq. And as I say, it's one of the more campaigning newspapers here in the U.K., so perhaps not such a surprise that "The Independent" should have this splashed all over its front page today -- Carol.
LIN: All right. Liz, what about Sir Roger Moore, how was the ceremony there at Buckingham Palace?
GEORGE: Sir Roger Moore. Some knighthoods. A good tradition in the U.K., some knighthoods going on here. And Sir Roger Moore, of course 007, gets his knighthood, along with Sting. And the headline here in "The Sun" this Friday, walking gong the moon. Gives them a bit of an opportunity to play on words with regards to some of Sting's song titles. And they both received various different honors. A CB for Sting there and he said it was a bit like a dream, is what he said. But he said that he doubted the Queen was -- had ever actually heard of many of his hits such as "Walking on the Moon."
And Roger Moore as well. He commenting after he got his award said that he was a bit worried that he wouldn't be able to get up after kneeling down. He thought he was in a bit of a costume drama playing the part of Ivanhoe. Nice pictures, here's another one.
LIN: So romantic. Do you think the Queen flirted with him, any chance of that?
GEORGE: Well I'm sure that he would have raised an eyebrow at that.
LIN: All right. Well two very handsome men, I might say, who were knighted. Thank you so much, Liz George.
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