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Moment of truth as Europe learns depth of banking rot

Long trail of errors makes Sarkozy least-loved leader

Bombers penetrate government office

Greek optimism on budget deficit reduction

Concerns over bailout for Spain

World Cup lowers UK inflation

Franco-German friction a worry for eurozone

Troubled by dysfunction in the Franco-German alliance, European leaders head towards a summit on Friday.

Coalition quick to learn compromise

Game on for carbon trading despite uncertainties

German ban adds to world share volatility

US shares fell overnight as Germany said it would ban a type of short selling of shares in 10 big financial firms.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Europe's single currency would always cripple the weak

Has the Pirate Bay finally been sunk?

World shares slip on oil price drop

Facebook hit by 'firestorm of anger' over privacy policy

In the past fortnight the privacy debate over Facebook has developed into what some excitable commentators are calling a "firestorm of anger".

The miracle onboard flight 771

Ruben van Assouw joins a list of more than a dozen known examples of sole survivors from air disasters.

High prices spur gold mining stocks

French pupils strike against phantom holiday cut

Schoolchildren in several French towns have joined wildcat strikes against a government plan to cut a month from their summer holidays.

Child only survivor of airliner crash

The Netherlands has gone into mourning over the deaths of at least 61 Dutch citizens among the 104 people on a plane that crashed in Libya.