The Frenchman began yesterday with an advantage of 33.2secs in his Citroen DS3 WRC. Despite having to clean the road of the loose surface gravel for those running behind, Loeb was able to minimise his time loss throughout the day. Read Article Lead gives Loeb the confidence at Rally Italy
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
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
