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Athens braces for strikes, rioting
A general strike in Greece over the next 24 hours is expected to paralyse the country.
A general strike in Greece over the next 24 hours is expected to paralyse the country.
A day's volunteer work at an excavation site in Vindolanda, near Hadrian's Wall, unearths a Roman treasure for Susan Buckland.
Everywhere in Tuscany is well-travelled - especially in summertime - but after Florence, anywhere will seem comparatively peaceful, even the hubs of Siena and Lucca.
EUROPE: Traffickers mixing cocaine with plastic to make innocent-looking goods for shipment.
At 20, actress Imogen Poots has already tackled the issues of incest, one-night stands and sex with older men without missing a beat.
The first European ban on the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public is poised to come into force in Belgium.
Greece and the wider eurozone scrambled back from the brink of disaster again on Friday as the outline of an IMF/eurozone rescue package emerged.
Giovanna Dell'Orto details her four favourite walks in Liguria, the arc-shaped slice of Italy that stretches from the border with France to Tuscany's coast.
Advice on visiting Barcelona, Valencia and Santiago de Compostela.
New Zealand have beaten Ireland by 40 runs in a Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match at Providence Stadium.