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French village prepares 'to be spared the 21-12-2012 Maya apocalypse'
Bugarach in the Pyrenees has become the centre of attention because internet chatter suggests a nearby mountain will survive an apocalypse predicted as the Maya calendar ends.
Tunisia suffers the birth pangs of an apprentice democracy
Two years after a fruitseller set fire to himself and inspired a revolution, Tunisia remains a nation far from at peace with itself.
Quick fix hard to construct for UK
Despite building work across London, the state of infrastructure renewal in the country as a whole is not so promising.
Crossrail on track to deliver £42bn
As infrastructure developments go, there are few grander than Crossrail, described as Europe's biggest engineering project.
Hollande's dispute with Mittal reflects economic culture clash
France is also competing with other European nations, all struggling to overcome a grave financial crisis and cut unemployment, to attract investment from the emerging economies of India, China, Russia and South America.
Leveson says UK press needs watchdog, fines for breaches
Inquiry finds newspapers have often ignored their own code of conduct and calls for fines to be imposed for future breaches.
Black cloud hangs over London cabbies
Taxis are as much a part of the UK capital as Big Ben. But with the maker of the black cab having gone into administration and 400 vehicles having been recalled, the business is having a rough ride.
From horse to motor car, the hackney carriage drives on
London black cabs descend directly from the hackney carriage, a description still applied today three-and-a-half centuries after licences were first issued to owners of the horse-drawn pioneers.
Belgian heart of French resistance
As the debate in France rages over taxing the wealthy, a village in neighbouring Belgium's French-speaking Wallonia is attracting rich exiles who are determined to prevent François Hollande from getting his hands on their fortunes.
Backlash against Le French bashing
A 14-page report by The Economist says that the French economy is in a woeful state.
Polish set to help Santander shine
The Spanish banking giant is snapping up other lenders and growing its corporate bond business in Poland - but can the Qataris be far behind?
France at the heart of Euro unrest
The tax-and-spend policies of France's socialist government are threatening to wreck the euro zone's attempts to emerge from crisis, critics of Francois Hollande's fledgling presidency say.
In Britain, scandals eroding trust in public institutions
In Britain royalty, parliament, banking, the church, police and press have all suffered serious blows to their reputations lately
Casino owner: French politician’s child is not mine
Rachida Dati, the former president Nicolas Sarkozy's protégé and one of France's most successful politicians of Maghrebin origin, says her three-year-old daughter, Zohra, is the result of an affair with Dominique Desseigne.
France's First Lady Valérie Trierweiler faces her critics
Valerie Trierweiler is grappling with her role as première dame amid soaring hostility.
