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Dutch mayor attempts to curb drug tourism

Cannabis users are protesting as efforts are made to close the 'coffee shops' licensed to sell marijuana in Roosendaal

Pioneer beavers swap Norway for Scotland

The families are part of a programme to to reintroduce the species to Scotland after a 400-year absence

Putin seeks power as Russian economy dips

The prime minister may lose popular support as new financial insecurity hits voters preoccupied with personal wealth

Holocaust denier wins extradition fight

Germany backs down in attempt to prosecute Australian Fredrick Toben after a British court's refusal to hand him over

Viagra firm abandons non-prescription bid

Pfizer, makers of the anti-impotence drug, end attempt to make it available over counter after regulators' health concerns

Genetic code of woolly mammoth mapped-out

Success raises hopes it may be possible to resurrect the behemoths

Ukraine begs Nato to ignore Russian pressure

Speaking to The Times the President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko urged the alliance to offer membership to his country

Holocaust memorial unveiled in Poland

Survivors remember the ghettos and their dead as 21 memorial plaques are erected in the capital Warsaw

Murdered journalist trial to be secret

Anger as judge reverses his decision to hold public the trial of the outspoken Putin critic Anna Politkovskaya

Fake doctor takes part in 190 operations

Bored banker realises his dream of becoming a surgeon by forging a degree certificate from Oxford university

Artist to the stars dies, aged 74

Brussels-born pop artist Guy Peellaert, whose art was exhibited around the world, dies in Paris

Italian treasures in US to return to Rome

Total of 14 'looted' items held in US museums - including New York's Metropolitan - are to be returned

Josef Fritzl 'plans to plead not guilty'

Fritzl expected to claim secret offspring were 'just like other children' and he was not responsible for his son's death

Attendant landed plane after co-pilot breakdown

Pilot of UK-bound plane had to rely on attendant to help him make an emergency landing in Ireland, report discloses

Britain urged to open the door to Europeans

Ministers must decide whether to maintain the ban on workers from Bulgaria and Romania for another three years

India to launch Google Earth rival

The maps will zoom into areas as small as 10 metres wide

Judge quits inquiry into Franco 'disappeared'

Spain’s best known judge has reversed his decision to probe the disappearance of thousands of people during the Civil War

Watches clock up a record £1.45m

The mirror-image watches were made in 1815 and presented to Emperor Jiaqing of China by King George III the following year

Keep talking and remain calm, says freed hostage

Jean-Yves Delanne and his wife Bernadette were held hostage by Somali pirates before being freed by French commandos

Police arrest 18 in Mafia raids

Some arrested allegedly had ties to the Patriarca family, which for years controlled organised crime in Providence and Boston