Smash hit

John Demjanjuk faces Nazi war crimes trial

The infirm 89-year-old is accused of being a guard at the Sobibor death camp when 29,579 Jews were killed in four months

Silvio Berlusconi denies links to the Mafia

The Italian leader says claims that he has Mafia links are unfounded and ridiculous, adding that he fights organised crime

Minaret ban fits pattern of populist protest

The Swiss electorate has struck a blow against freedom of association and conscience - it should be speedily overturned

Don’t give in to terror, patriarch tells Russia

Head of the Orthodox Church urges a strong will ‘for victory over terror’ after fears of a new terrorist campaign

How Josiel turns paper sculptures into notes

Frenchman sets new standards in the art of origami but claims that his art is not appreciated closer to home

Greek police to reinvestigate death

Family of 17-year-old Briton found dying outside island nightclub claim police covered up his death to protect tourism

Murder on the Nevsky Express

At least 30 people were killed, and scores more injured, when a bomb went off in a Russian train, derailing three carriages

Women lead Swiss in vote to ban minarets

Radical feminists are boosting a right-wing campaign to outlaw minarets on mosques in a referendum being held in Switzerland today

Korea’s Kate Moss pleaded for help before suicide

A South Korean supermodel who was found dead in Paris a week ago reached out to a friend for help with relationship problems

Paris does the can’t-can’t as noise laws kill nightlife

Paris risks becoming the Capital of Sleep unless something is done to perk up its nightlife, according to the latest French protest movement

Golden payoff for EU chiefs

Thirteen outgoing European commissioners are to receive golden goodbyes amounting to £4.5m, an average of nearly £350,000 each

Swedes hit on nail beds as cutting-edge cure-all

Health-conscious consumers in Sweden are convinced that lying on rubber pads embedded with sharp, plastic pins is good for them

Oligarchs hire peers to boost their prestige

Kirill Babayev has revealed how 'grey-headed' British peers can be paid to boost a firm’s image even if they do little significant work

Mafia wife urges others to turn in husbands too

The wife of a Sicilian gangster, who has been praised for betraying him, has appealed to other mob women to leave their men

Russian train in 'terrorist attack'

A second bomb has exploded on the site of what has been described as the worst attack on the country's heartland in five years

Terror inquiry launched into Russian train crash

Russian authorities say a bomb attack is to blame for the derailment that killed at least 25 passengers last night

Merkel colleague resigns over Afghan deaths

Franz Josef Jung, who was defence minister last September, 'took responsibility' for cover-up of civilian deaths