- French press review 17 March 2014
- SaudiGulf to buy four Airbus A320s
- African press review 17 March 2014
- Emergency anti-pollution measures cut Paris traffic, not repeated Tuesday
- French artificial heart maker plans second implant after death of first recipient
- Six police injured in clashes near Paris in weekend of violence
- French flight disruption likely as air traffic controllers join strike
- Riviera lawyer faces third trial over alleged murder of Casino heiress
- Abdullah Abdullah - 2009 runner-up back in fray
- Ashraf Ghani - technocrat with warlord running mate
- Mohammad Daud Sultanzoy - talks show host picks political fight
- Zalmai Rassoul - the cosmopolitan candidate
- Sardar Muhammad Nadir Naeem - king's grandson withdraws
- Gul Agha Sherzai - candidate with controversial past
- Abdulrab Rasul Sayyaf - man who brought bin Laden to Afghanistan
- Qutbuddin Hilal - Hekmatyar's man on ballot paper
- Hedayat Amin Arsala - the technocrat outsider
- Crimea's ethnic minorities fear for future
- South Sudan opposition leaders to return to face trial for treason
- Syrian forces take full control of the rebel bastion Yabroud