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Ask Lonely Planet: Glugging and gloating around Tuscany

Everywhere in Tuscany is well-travelled - especially in summertime - but after Florence, anywhere will seem comparatively peaceful, even the hubs of Siena and Lucca.

Smugglers' high-tech tricks

EUROPE: Traffickers mixing cocaine with plastic to make innocent-looking goods for shipment.

Cordoba: A world away

Liz Light explores the Spanish city of Cordoba - Hamilton's antipodal opposite.

Polanski breaks silence over US extradition case

The filmmaker said yesterday that the US is demanding his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old sex case largely to serve him "on a platter to the media".

Euro partners agree on massive Greek bailout

Thorny issues set to make actress a household name

At 20, actress Imogen Poots has already tackled the issues of incest, one-night stands and sex with older men without missing a beat.

Bus death during Euro school trip

Burqa banned in Belgium

The first European ban on the wearing of the Islamic burqa in public is poised to come into force in Belgium.

Greece agrees to savage cuts

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.

EU's flaws forced out into the open

Cinque Terre: Hiking the Italian Riviera

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.

Spain downgraded as Europe debt crisis widens

Greek debt crisis shows Europe's clash of cultures

Airlines get EU okay for state help

Ask Lonely Planet: Spanish mix of art, architecture, ambience

Advice on visiting Barcelona, Valencia and Santiago de Compostela.

NZ stocks fall less than other markets

Cricket: Black Caps untroubled by Ireland

New Zealand have beaten Ireland by 40 runs in a Twenty20 World Cup warm-up match at Providence Stadium.

Eurozone edges to 'endgame' as Greek contagion catches Portugal