Sun, sex and the dark side of The Med

Independent - Thousands of young Brits flock to the Greek islands each year in search of sun, sex and serious drinking. But as Charlotte Philby finds out, there’s a darker underbelly to the revelry.

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Carla is the hunter, not the hunted

Vanity Fair - Just months after his May 2007 election, French president Nicolas Sarkozy faced growing criticism over his stalled reforms, flashy style, and stormy divorce. The last straw should have been his whirlwind remarriage, to an Italian heiress, ex-model, and singer who had past liaisons with Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton, [...]

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Alcohol tax leads to surge in personal imports from Estonia

Helsingin Sanomat - Personal imports of alcoholic beverages from abroad has grown significantly since the rise in alcohol taxation at the beginning of the year. In the first four months of 2008 imports by passengers had grown by about ten per cent over the same time in 2007. The trend continued in [...]

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Classifying French wine in the age of globalization

IHT, by Edward Lewine - Things have not been easy for Guy-Petrus Lignac since February 2007, when he and eight other vineyard owners filed an infamous lawsuit that rattled the global market for Bordeaux wine and set the normally peaceful village of St. Émilion at war with itself. “He’s a good friend of [...]

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10 Things to Scratch From Your Worry List

NY Times - For most of the year, it is the duty of the press to scour the known universe looking for ways to ruin your day. The more fear, guilt or angst a news story induces, the better. But with August upon us, perhaps you’re in the mood for a break, [...]

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Are breast enlargements imitation or mutilation?

Independent - Big, bouncy and completely fake, larger-than-life bosoms are everywhere we look. Is it any wonder that last year, 26,000 British women went under the knife? More’s the pity, argues Bethan Cole – you can’t improve on nature.

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Why are Italian tourists so pushy and rude?

Times - Are Italians the rudest people on the planet? Three times this year, trying to alight from a Tube train, I’ve been shoved back by stylishly dressed people pushing in to board before the alighting passengers are off: and every time they’ve been yabbering in Italian. How do we reconcile modern Italy [...]

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