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Euro Edition: Morning Papers

Aired November 13, 2003 - 05:45   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to check what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Becky Anderson live for us in London, and I bet Iraq is on the front pages over there.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is, Carol. No surprise really there at all.

Let me start with "La Lebrasio (ph)" out of France, Iraq, Bush looks for the exit. And a picture of one of the guys running away from the Italian base, or running away from the base, running away from the site of the bombing, of course, which killed so many people yesterday, 18 Italians and a number of Iraqi locals as well. That the story on the front page of "La Lebrasio," and it very much reflects across the -- across the European press today.

"The Daily Telegraph" in the U.K., suicide bombers kill 18 Italians in the compound. President orders a quicker hand over to the Iraqis. And Bush speeds up the exit strategy. And this, the -- very much the story that the European entities (ph) are focusing on today just how quickly now after having L. Paul Bremer called back to the White House yesterday, Wednesday. The suggestions and the talk now across Europe is just how quickly the Americans will look to give as much authority over to the Iraqis and derive a little from the coalition provisional authority going forward.

COSTELLO: Well maybe, Becky,...

ANDERSON: The America plans a faster hand over in Iraq. Yes.

COSTELLO: I was just going to say maybe this will make the protestors a little less numerous when President Bush visits Great Britain.

ANDERSON: Right, absolutely. We've got the other story on our front pages today is exactly that one. I don't expect that that will happen. And in fact, I would expect, and this is only my opinion, of course, you know nobody else has to hold the same opinion as I do, I would expect that the protestors may actually come out in a stronger force now next week. That's my guess. Certainly the anti-war and the stop the war protestors.

This is a picture of the Mall, which is the road that leads up to Buckingham Palace in London. You can see the flags are already out for this -- in anticipation of the visit of President Bush. And the story today is very much a story of security at Buckingham Palace. You asked me yesterday whether I had heard that Bush wasn't to meet the Queen. He is in fact. He's to stay at the palace for at least two days. That's very much a point of the journey over here. And as the security at the palace has been breached in the past, and not just once, but a number of times, a guy found in the Queen's bedroom, remember, some years ago, the police very much now focused on security in that part of London. Eighteenth through the 21st is that visit. And most of London gearing up for that, including 5,000 policemen.

Back to you guys.

COSTELLO: Yes, of course, CNN, too.

Do you have time to tell us about the Elf scandal in France?

ANDERSON: Yes, well the Elf scandal in France is very much this one, it was the biggest corruption scandal in years. I mean it was a scandal that started off about 10 years ago when a bunch of very high profile politicians and indeed heads of corporations, corporate chiefs, well, got involved in what would now be deemed effectively very dodgy dealings with millions of dollars, lending money to African countries and borrowing money from slush funds themselves. Well this all happened 10 years ago. And effectively, a lot of what they were doing was deemed to be OK in the past.

Anyway, today, 10 years on, a number of those corporate chiefs, at least the CEO, now in prison, back behind bars, certainly the CEO of Elf itself at the time behind bars now for five years. The biggest corruption scandal in years and years and years. In fact, quite incredible stuff.

COSTELLO: All right. Becky Anderson live from London this morning. We appreciate it.

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Aired November 13, 2003 - 05:45   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Time now, though, to check what's making headlines overseas in this morning's 'Euro Edition.' Becky Anderson live for us in London, and I bet Iraq is on the front pages over there.
BECKY ANDERSON, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It is, Carol. No surprise really there at all.

Let me start with "La Lebrasio (ph)" out of France, Iraq, Bush looks for the exit. And a picture of one of the guys running away from the Italian base, or running away from the base, running away from the site of the bombing, of course, which killed so many people yesterday, 18 Italians and a number of Iraqi locals as well. That the story on the front page of "La Lebrasio," and it very much reflects across the -- across the European press today.

"The Daily Telegraph" in the U.K., suicide bombers kill 18 Italians in the compound. President orders a quicker hand over to the Iraqis. And Bush speeds up the exit strategy. And this, the -- very much the story that the European entities (ph) are focusing on today just how quickly now after having L. Paul Bremer called back to the White House yesterday, Wednesday. The suggestions and the talk now across Europe is just how quickly the Americans will look to give as much authority over to the Iraqis and derive a little from the coalition provisional authority going forward.

COSTELLO: Well maybe, Becky,...

ANDERSON: The America plans a faster hand over in Iraq. Yes.

COSTELLO: I was just going to say maybe this will make the protestors a little less numerous when President Bush visits Great Britain.

ANDERSON: Right, absolutely. We've got the other story on our front pages today is exactly that one. I don't expect that that will happen. And in fact, I would expect, and this is only my opinion, of course, you know nobody else has to hold the same opinion as I do, I would expect that the protestors may actually come out in a stronger force now next week. That's my guess. Certainly the anti-war and the stop the war protestors.

This is a picture of the Mall, which is the road that leads up to Buckingham Palace in London. You can see the flags are already out for this -- in anticipation of the visit of President Bush. And the story today is very much a story of security at Buckingham Palace. You asked me yesterday whether I had heard that Bush wasn't to meet the Queen. He is in fact. He's to stay at the palace for at least two days. That's very much a point of the journey over here. And as the security at the palace has been breached in the past, and not just once, but a number of times, a guy found in the Queen's bedroom, remember, some years ago, the police very much now focused on security in that part of London. Eighteenth through the 21st is that visit. And most of London gearing up for that, including 5,000 policemen.

Back to you guys.

COSTELLO: Yes, of course, CNN, too.

Do you have time to tell us about the Elf scandal in France?

ANDERSON: Yes, well the Elf scandal in France is very much this one, it was the biggest corruption scandal in years. I mean it was a scandal that started off about 10 years ago when a bunch of very high profile politicians and indeed heads of corporations, corporate chiefs, well, got involved in what would now be deemed effectively very dodgy dealings with millions of dollars, lending money to African countries and borrowing money from slush funds themselves. Well this all happened 10 years ago. And effectively, a lot of what they were doing was deemed to be OK in the past.

Anyway, today, 10 years on, a number of those corporate chiefs, at least the CEO, now in prison, back behind bars, certainly the CEO of Elf itself at the time behind bars now for five years. The biggest corruption scandal in years and years and years. In fact, quite incredible stuff.

COSTELLO: All right. Becky Anderson live from London this morning. We appreciate it.

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