The northern European region has weathered the financial storm well, leaving some economists to ask if high taxes and generous welfare systems are economic stabilisers worthy of being adopted elsewhere Read Article Scandinavia avoids the financial crisis
The United States and the Afghan government announce they will hold talks with the Taliban in Doha this week aimed at achieving peace in Afghanistan. US to hold peace talks with Taliban
More than 200,000 people marched across the country to vent their anger at the government's lavish spending in demonstrations which were initially triggered by a rise in bus fares. Brazil hit by largest protests in 20 years
A culinary map of the variety of Indian food organised by Indian states in just the two-kilometre radius of Karama in Dubai - often billed Little India. With map. A guide to Karama's Indian restaurants state by state
The days of taking one picture at a time on real film, rather than a disk, have never lost their romance. Neither have the images, a website is proving. Rym Ghazal reports Snapshots tell of the way we were