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Man in 'coma' for 23 years was awake all along

Rom Houben was paralysed in a car accident and presumed comatose but he was conscious – just unable to communicate

Row as Spanish MP poses in Vanity Fair

The photos of María Dolores de Cospedal have reignited controversy surrounding female politicians tempted by the flashgun

Pope 'hurt my ego', says Archbishop

Rowan Williams says that the Vatican’s offer to accommodate Anglicans was a blow but relations are now back on track

Berlusconi hit by Mafia link claim

New claims push Italian Prime Minister to the brink as escort publishes book that includes lurid revelations

'The room was dark. Berlusconi likes the dark'

Extracts from Patrizia D'Addario's book Gradisca, Presidente which recalls encounters with the Italian Prime Minister

Sarkozy plans to rebury Camus in Paris

Members of the Left and the writer’s son claim the President is trying to cash in on the fame of the Algerian-born novelist

Big Bang machine back in business

Scientists restarted the Large Hadron Collider this weekend, aiming to power the £6bn simulator up to record-breaking speeds

Life sentences sought for Meredith’s killers

Prosecutor says that that DNA and other evidence linking the accused to the crime was 'irrefutable and well corroborated'

Drug caused Sartre's lobster madness

A new book reveals startling details of Jean-Paul Sartre's drug-induced decent into a world of imaginary lobsters

Italy blushes at Mussolini sex diaries

The fascist dictator Benito Mussolini boasted of keeping 14 lovers at one time, according to the diaries of his mistress

Baroness Ashton: EU couldn’t make it up

The plotting that led to an obscure bureaucrat heading the EU’s foreign service were even greater than first thought

Two held in Italy over Mumbai terror attacks

Italian police yesterday arrested two Pakistani men accused of helping to fund last year’s onslaught on Mumbai

African migrants desperate for a better life

Meet the survivors, bereaved families from Gambia and Senegal, and a man who smuggles the people — at a colossal price

Rowan Williams and the Pope in historic meet

Archbishop of Canterbury's talks with Benedict XVI in Rome for first time since Roman Catholic Church agreed to accept Anglicans

'Russian ties are key' president candidate says

Pro-Moscow candidate ousted in 2004 by the ‘Orange Revolution’ over ballot rigging claims is leading race for the top job

Brown 'went for second best to spite Tories'

The Prime Minister rejected advice from Lord Mandelson to seek one of the economic posts once Tony Blair’s bid had failed

Organised crime mushrooms in fungi trade

Gangs have been pillaging woods in southern France and selling their finds on the black market but forest owners are fighting back

Mussolini's brain and blood for sale on eBay

Alessandra Mussolini claims remains taken during a post-mortem examination are on the internet auction site for £13,500

No yachts or oligarchs for Baroness Ashton

The European Union's High Representative seems well aware of the sort of sulphuric briefing taking place back in London