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Soccer: France go home branded bad losers

French women don't coddle

Are French women superior at raising children? Dita De Boni delves into the debate started by feminist Elisabeth Badinter.

New party rivals Sarkozy

Soccer: French shed no tears for defeat of 'imposteurs'

Rarely can a country have greeted its own national team's humiliation in the World Cup with such grim satisfaction.

Yachting: Poor start for Team NZ

Concerns over bailout for Spain

The winemaking expert with a sparkle in his eye

Attention to detail is the all-important ingredient in the business of making champagne, says Francois Hautekeur.

France raises pension age

A table for toddlers, please

<i>The Independent</i>'s Nick Duerden wonders why the UK has such different views on children in restaurants to the rest of Europe.

Movie review: <i>Micmacs</i>

After the excesses of his epic World War I tale <i>A Very Long Engagement</i>, Jeunet seems to have to returned to the imaginative worlds of his earlier works.

'Mars' team all dressed up with nowhere to go

Soccer: Sex scandal hangs over Les Bleus' poster boy

Tearful Maka: I tried to help him

Cycling: Roulston eyes Tour de France

France: Taste delights of truffle trail

Stephanie Beck discovers endless ways to savour the delicacy.

Is the euro entering its final phase?

The euro is the latest crisis in modern German history...