Weekly news roundup

Unsurprisingly, Nicolas Sarkozy has been elected French President. An article in the weekend New York Times reexamines the president-elect's immigration policy, highlighting that despite his tough talking campaign, he does show a genuine interest in tackling some of the most pressing problems at hand. French papers are reporting that Sarkozy has reiterated his proposal to create a ‘Mediterranean Community’ to address the problem of immigration from Africa.

• The same paper carries the story of a young Indian immigrant in his quest to win the national spelling bee to help him bring his parents back from India.
• Baha Duengor, a Turkish journalist with Deutsche Welle, comments on the second Islam Conference in Berlin.  An overview of this week's meeting can be found here.
• Switzerland is debating introducing a finger-printing scheme for migrants to assist in identifying illegal immigrants and those who overstay their visas.