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Italy: From grit comes glistening art
Heather Whelan marvels at Carrara's famed marble, which has been quarried since Roman times.
Heather Whelan marvels at Carrara's famed marble, which has been quarried since Roman times.
Durham, in England's northeast, celebrated 25 years of being on the Unesco World Heritage list in 2011. Click through our gallery for some ideas about what to see if you visit the area.
Durham is celebrating 25 years on the Unesco World Heritage list. Sarah Barrell offers some sightseeing ideas.
Scandinavia's frozen north is a magical winter wonderland, complete with reindeer, huskies and Santa-spotting locales.
In the frozen north of Scandinavia, Lapland is starting to look its seasonal best, says Chris Leadbeater.
Stocks on both sides of the Atlantic dropped, as did the euro, after investors demanded the highest yield since 1997 to buy Italian debt and Spanish bonds hit the radar.
Located on the Unesco-protected Keizersgracht, The Dylan hotel conceals its virtues behind a 17th-century facade.
The cafe culture in Thessaloniki rivals that of New Zealand, giving it a very laid back attitude.
Wall St advanced overnight as investors focused on some positive news from the home front, including better-than-expected jobless claims data and Cisco Systems earnings.
Markets fell overnight on both sides of the Atlantic as Italy's borrowing costs soared, intensifying concern that efforts to contain the European Union's debt crisis aren't working.
Those who fear Belgium may be beyond their budget will be pleasantly surprised to discover how affordable it can be.
Anita Harvey discovers a different side to Europe as a welcoming Albania emerges from its drab, oppressive past.
La Fête dé Noué, or Christmas Festival, is held annually on Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands.
Liz Light walks country lanes and forest paths in northern Italy.
Germany's biggest Catholic-owned publishing house has been rocked by disclosures that it has been selling thousands of pornographic novels.
These dehydrated dead have not been laid lovingly to rest but made to stand like the soldiers of a ghoulish army.
Plans have been unveiled for a four-runway airport on a sparse strip of land on the Isle of Grain in Kent.
Stocks on Wall St and in Europe rose after an unexpected interest rate cut by the European Central Bank and the vote backdown from the Greek PM.