Corporal Payne comes clean
The British public is once again reeling from the news that its “boys” are guilty of unbecoming contact in foreign climes. The Independent leads with testimony of a British army soldier who has accused a superior and former comrades of the beating and torture of Iraqi prisoners. During an inquiry into the death of Iraqi civilian Baha Mousa in September 2003, former corporal Donald Payne changed his evidence and claimed he and fellow soldiers had “acted out of revenge” over the death of four comrades in southern Iraq. The objects of their revenge, 9 captured Iraqi civilians, were “routinely kicked and punched,” the London daily reports, with Baha Mousa dying from “asphxyiation and 93 separate injuries.” Mr Payne argued that he had covered up the extent of the abuse out of "misguided loyalty". He previously claimed he had only “nudged” or “slapped” detainees.
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports: 
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations. 
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima.