Rick Santorum has completed a clean sweep in the race to become the Republican presidential candidate. He has won the Minnesota and Colorado caucuses and taken the Missouri primary. It is a major boost for the former Pennsylvannia Senator who has only previously won one of the five contests. The result is a setback for the former governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney. He was expec... more.

Britain's deployment of a warship to the Falkland Islands has angered Argentina which says it now intends to complain to the United Nations. Buenos Aires has accused Britain of militarising the South Atlantic by sending the ship. It is also highly critical of the posting of Prince William as a military search-and-rescue pilot to the islands. Tensions between the two countries have... more.

A keynote speech to parliament by Ukraine's president has been disrupted by supporters of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, who is serving seven years for abuse of office. As Viktor Yanukovich tried to speak, the protest continued for half an hour. The EU and the US back opposition claims that Tymoshenko's trial was politically motivated. ... more.

European figures have been commemorating the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, which led to the creation of the euro, in spite of many questions stemming from it with a bearing on the current debt crisis and the situation in Greece. A former advisor to the German government attending the event in Brussels suggested there had been unfortunate oversights. ... more.

As Europe shivers, Iceland is positively sweltering with temperatures of four degrees celsius in the capital on Wednesday. The sparsely-populated island is enjoying a spell of unusually mild winter weather after a snowy December and January. Nearly ten degrees celsius was recorded in Reykjavik on Monday! Mild air from the Tropics has headed up to the North Atlantic, meaning Icelan... more.

Les bains de foule rappellent 2007, mais cette année Ségolène Royal soutient François Hollande, le candidat du Parti socialiste. Alors que François Hollande a fait de l'éducation une de ses priorités, Ségolène s'approprie la jeunesse des banlieues. Elle pousse les jeunes à surmonter les injustices et à se prendre en main. Son fils présent, affirme qu'elle a surmonté le... more.

Qui gardera nos enfants ? est un livre qui sort ce mercredi sur les rapports plus compliqués qu'il n'y paraît entre les parents et les nounous. Marcelle a accompagné Etienne dans ses premiers pas. Elle est la nounou du petit garçon. Comme elle, elles sont des milliers à s'être introduites dans l'intimité des familles françaises. Au cÅ"ur des relations emplo... more.

Marine Le Pen accuse l'Etat de ne pas assurer sa sécurité lors de son déplacement en cours à la Réunion. ... more.

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La réplique à Claude Guéant qui a mis le feu aux poudres à l'Assemblée, vient de Serge Letchimy, député apparenté PS et président du conseil régional de Martinique, héritier politique d'Aimé Césaire, "fils d'une terre de souffrance". ... more.