• Bush's Euro-skeptics

    In France they call him "an idiot." In Germany they call him a "big bully." Forget China -- Europe could turn out to be President Bush's biggest foreign policy problem yet.
  • Europe's livestock plague

    As the British meat market faces yet another crisis, experts at home assess the risk of foot-and-mouth disease in the U.S.
  • Call of the telex: "I'm not dead yet"

    Like the pneumatic tube, messenger pigeons and French, this aging medium is here to stay.
  • School for scandal

    A Parisian course teaches the fine art of seduction to lame wannabe Lotharios.
  • Why to love Brussels

    What the future capital of United Europe owes to one intense night of opera.
  • Garden gnomes of the world, unite!

    French group fights to liberate ceramic statues.
  • Insiders guides to Prague

    Our expert offers tips on visiting the Czech capital, exploring the U.S. Northwest and finding a flat in London.
  • Rollerblading bobbies!

    London's Regent's Park to be patrolled by "rollercops."
  • Ostrich attacks Norwegian farmer

    Feathered giant mistakes breeder for rival bird.
  • Club Med becomes club bore

    Free love gives way to free day care.
  • Earthy adventures in Italy

    "A Garden in Lucca" offers many blossoms -- and a few thorns.
  • The perfect pasta sauce

    At an Aeolian restaurant, two Italian men offer an American woman the ultimate challenge.
  • Going Dutch

    Can America learn from the Netherlands' drug policy of tolerance and ambiguity?
  • The Gitane affair

    Forget McDonald's and Coca-Cola; the French see American-style anti-tobacco lawsuits as one of the greatest threats to French culture.
  • So much for singing nuns

    The rise of Joerg Haider forces Austria to face the truth about its history -- and puts the European Union in a bind.
  • Venice institutes "pee-pee tax"

    If you want to pee in a public facility, you're going to have to pay.
  • Sledding in Davos

    To succeed at Switzerland's hot new sport, you have to remember how to be a kid again.
  • Celebrating Switzerland

    Savoring rvsti, fondue and the legacy of William Tell.
  • Hard lessons in Turkey

    Our correspondent retraces the thin threads that led to his being drugged and robbed in the heart of Istanbul.
  • Ripeness is all

    Every year, Buqol, Spain, finds a whole new use for tomatoes.
  • One fateful day in Istanbul

    As he recalls the curious cast of characters he encountered that day in Turkey, our correspondent ponders where he went wrong.
  • Finding gold in Turkey

    A stay among remote mountain villagers unearths life-changing riches.
  • The Spanish way to heaven

    Our culinary pilgrim savors Santiago's religious road -- and a heavenly Basque treat.
  • A Greek romance

    At Corfu's Pink Palace, the ouzo flows, the crockery flies and the libidos run wild.
  • In our bubbly is our beginning

    New Year's rituals reveal what different cultures revere.
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