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Indian police want to use drugs in a high-profile embezzlement case.

Politician may get truth drug test

Some detectives in India still swear by the so-called process of narcoanalysis, despite India’s highest court’s ruling that it was unreliable.

Breivik evidence leaves victims cold

Breivik evidence leaves victims cold

Testimony and evidence given in the Anders Breivik shooting spree trial has left victims shocked and cold. He also detonated a bomb.

Rescue plan to save broke banks

Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy have drawn up a package to counter debt crisis — but refuse to reveal details.

Baritone bull to woo fugitive cow

A €10 000 reward is being offered in Germany for the safe return of a cow called Yvonne.

Teachers call for simpler handwriting

Teachers campaign to abolish German cursive script.

Strutting on the saddle

Hmm. White bikes: not sure. Do they need a wash after every outing, like a white blouse?

Prescribe me a smoke

Prescribe me a smoke, Doc

Smokers in Iceland might be able to get their fix only from pharmacies — and only with a script.

Germany to close reactors

Plans have been laid for a complete nuclear shutdown in just 10 years, writes <b>Helen Pidd</b>.

Anglicisms ‘leaken’ into German language

Germans are already "chillen" in their downtime, "surfen" the internet and, when they leave a nightclub, they may go on to "ein afterparty".

The end of textbooks?

They have weighed down satchels, been hurled across classrooms and defaced with lewd graffiti by schoolchildren across the ages. But the humble textbook looks to be going the way…

Web worldwide: UK housewives love it, Danes are least keen

British housewives spend almost half of their free time online, far more than the average around the world, according to a study.

Vitamin C — good or bad?

Along with echinacea, vitamin C is either heroically good for you or ineffectual, depending on the study.

Size zero no hero

Helen Pidd reports on the British Fashion Council’s message of tolerance, health and understanding.

‘Junk food’ companies target kids on the net

Some of the world’s leading food manufacturers have begun marketing to children on social networking websites and internet chat rooms. Since new rules imposed by the British…