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Spanish transport system running on empty
21/05/2013 - SPAIN

Spanish transport system running on empty

The Spanish government is set to close dozens of state-run rail routes and cut services on hundreds of other lines as Madrid struggles to right the country's recession-hit economy. The cuts will allow savings of over €85 million but will affect over 1.65 million passengers. Critics accuse the government of building first and thinking later during the boom years.
France’s biggest ever child pickpocketing ring on trial
25/04/2013 - FRANCE

France’s biggest ever child pickpocketing ring on trial

Three years after French police dismantled the a huge child pick-pocketing ring – which was said to be behind 75% of thefts in the Paris metro – the gang’s leaders have gone on trial, but pickpockets remain a major problem in the French capital.
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No fatalities as plane crashes into sea off Bali
13/04/2013 - INDONESIA

No fatalities as plane crashes into sea off Bali

Up to 45 passengers were injured after a Lion Air jet crashed into the sea off the coast of the Indonesian island of Bali on Saturday, but miraculously all 108 passengers and crew survived.
Sarkozy...Will he or won't he?
07/03/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

Sarkozy...Will he or won't he?

French papers, Thursday 7 March 2013: Libération leads with the death of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and asks if the revolution he inspired is over; 20 minutes looks at the French government’s most ambitious building project so far; Le Figaro asks if there could be a return to French politics of a very familiar face; and finally, in Aujourd’hui en France there’s good news for Paris football fans.
'Time for Outrage'
28/02/2013 - IN THE FRENCH PAPERS

'Time for Outrage'

Elderly gentlemen dominate. There's the Pope, of course, making his farewell. And Stéphane Hessel, author of "Time for Outrage", who has died at the age of 95. Libération has a 32-page section on his life. Also in this Thursday's French papers: how would you feel about an unmarked vehicle driving behind you that is in fact a radar trap issuing speeding fines?
Scores missing after ferry sinks in Bangladesh
08/02/2013 - BANGLADESH

Scores missing after ferry sinks in Bangladesh

Dozens of people were missing on Friday after a ferry carrying around 100 passengers collided with a barge and capsized in Bangladesh’s Meghna River, officials said.
Marseille train held up in ‘scene from Wild West’
03/02/2013 - FRANCE

Marseille train held up in ‘scene from Wild West’

A gang of youths waving emergency flares managed to stop a high-speed TGV train travelling through a high-security area in Marseille on Saturday in an incident that one police representative described as a “scene from the Wild West”.
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New York's Grand Central celebrates centenary
02/02/2013 - UNITED STATES

New York's Grand Central celebrates centenary

The grande dame of New York City train stations, Grand Central Terminal, celebrated its 100th birthday on Friday, as New Yorkers remembered former Mayor Ed Koch who died earlier Friday and supported efforts to spare it from demolition in the 1970s.
Tunisia: Two years after the Jasmine revolution
12/01/2013 - THE WEEK IN MAGHREB

Tunisia: Two years after the Jasmine revolution

Two years after Tunisian revolutionaries succeeded in bringing about regime change, many in the birthplace of the uprising are now wondering whether the bloody struggle was worth it. Also, the leader that they ousted may be gone but he is far from forgotten. Tunisian officials are still doing what they can to get their hands on the exiled Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Morocco: women fight for right to inheritance
05/01/2013 - THE WEEK IN MAGHREB

Morocco: women fight for right to inheritance

In Morocco, unmarried and widowed women are increasingly overlooked in the sale and inheritance of land. Many are now campaigning for a change to traditional laws. Next, there are hopes that a new tramway for Casablanca will help drive economic and social development in the city. Finally, a lack of willing hands is hampering Tunisia's olive oil industry as the country faces the harvest of a bumper crop.
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