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When the going gets tough, head back home

Battered by Europe's economic downturn Spanish youngsters, defined as below 35 years of age, are returning home

Fertile French crow over bébé boom

Latest statistics show that France’s population went up by 300,000 in 2006 to 63.3m, the best birth rate in three decades

London suburbs seduce Nicolas Sarkozy

Stylish French leader enlists Britain's leading architects in a daring project to make Paris look more like our capital

British spy in longbow plot to kill Himmler

New book claims real-life 007 plotted to use a longbow to assassinate one of the most notorious Nazis in occupied Denmark

Putin set to bait US with nuclear aid for Tehran

Russia is considering increasing its assistance to Iran’s nuclear programme in response to America’s calls for Nato expansion

Basic pilot error blamed for air disaster

Leaks from enquiry into Spanish air disaster suggest pilot failed to extend wing flaps, leading to crash which killed 154 people

US face-to-face with Russian troops in Georgia

Russia disputes American claims that the USS Mount Whitney, which docked in Poti, only wants to distribute aid to Georgia

World cyclist killed by hit-and-run driver

Ian Hibell, who explored the world's wonders and remote places in 45 years of long-distance cycling, has died in Greece

Briton airlifted to safety from wilderness

Kimberley Warren, an injured female university student, had been stranded in an area inhabited by bears and wolves

Pope Benedict XVI carries an organ donor card

The disclosure came after an article in the L’Osservatore Romano, calling into question the concept of brain death

Georgia linked to Nato early warning system

The move underlined intention by Nato to provide assistance to the Georgian military following the conflict with Russia

Le tout Paris asks Dati: 'Who's the daddy?

Spain's ex-Prime Minister forced to deny paternity of baby expected by French Justice Minister, amid wide speculation

Taleban poses in dead soldier's uniform

Paris Match picture enrages France and adds to anger over bungled Afghan mission in which ten soldiers died in ambush

Dysfunctional stud deflates equestrian pride

The German stallion, which cost the French taxpayer €330,000, is unable to rise to the nation's expectations

German holidaymakers' war on cockroaches

Standards have improved across European resorts thanks to German habit of seeking compensation for poor holiday venues

Georgia will be in Nato, Cheney warns Moscow

In combative mood the US Vice-President stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the besieged Georgian President

Britain values unity in Nato over Georgia

Britain must play role of honest broker in negotiations over Georgia's membership application for Nato, says Gordon Brown

Rubble banishes MEPs from Strasbourg

The EU Parliament’s chamber in Strasbourg is littered with debris after the roof collapsed

Josef Fritzl may face manslaughter charge

Austrian who kept his daughter prisoner and had seven children with her may be charged over cellar death of newborn son

Cheney calls on free world to help Georgia

The US Vice President calls for Georgia to join Nato after what he labelled Russia's 'illegitimate' invasion of the nation