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The article focuses on the case of French actress Marie Trintignant dying after a fight with her rock-star boyfriend Bertrand Cantat. Trintignant's tragedy focused new attention on domestic violence in Europe. It highlights two facts that such violence can occur in any relationship and that statistics only hint at the depths of the problem. Studies show that there are factors and situations that influence the tendency toward violence.

Profiles Russell Coutts, a sailor from New Zealand. Loss in the match for the America's Cup; Condition of the boat; Disappointment of people in New Zealand; Career of Coutts; His character; Relationship between Coutts and navigator Ernesto Bertarelli; Decision for the America's Cup to be based in Europe.

Discusses the dramatic raids in Spain, Italy and Britain, which show that European security cooperation is working and that the danger of terrorist attack is real. Raid in Spain and what the investigators discovered; Arrest of five Moroccans in Italy for the possession of C4, which was used in the 2002 Bali bombings; String of arrests in Europe and how they all took place in areas with large immigrant populations.

The article focuses on the U.S. economic conditions in 2011 in the aftermath of a global economic recession. Topics include the shrinking middle class in the U.S., the debt crises in Europe, and attempts by the U.S. Federal Reserve to create a monetary stimulus in 2011. Information is provided on how globalization has contributed to the economic recessions of both developed countries and emerging markets. The results of a reader poll are presented on issues such as economic conditions, personal finances, and cost cutting measures.

Focuses on torrential rains that caused deadly floods across Europe. Details of the devastation throughout Central Europe; Question of whether global warming is to blame; Focus on cleaning up and preventing future floods; Economic impact of the drop in tourism; Possibility that Europe's weather may be worsening; Views of experts; Outlook for an increase in extreme weather in Europe.

Presents a list of the 50 European technology firms with the most innovative products and services and the most promising business models. Methods of selection; Categories of biotechnology, semiconductors, optics, wireless and others.

Discusses the adoption of the euro currency in 12 European nations as of January 1, 2002. Way that this affected banking in Europe; Response of Europeans to the currency; Acceptance of the currency; Worries that merchants will take advantage of the confusion regarding the conversion of money by increasing prices; Cost of the conversion to businesses; How the euro makes managing Europe's economies more difficult.

Examines efforts by European investigators to track down members of Osama bin Laden's terrorist network, al-Qaeda. Activities of terrorists in European cities; Arrests of key suspects since the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States; Experience of the French with Algerian terrorism; British Home Office investigations; International cooperation in arresting terror cells; Why European antiterrorist officials are frustrated; Background on suspected terrorists. INSETS: PRIME SUSPECTS;ROOTS OF RAGE;CHANGED WORLD.

Focuses on European financiers who organize corporate takeovers. Role of Italian Romain Zaleski in taking control of the conglomerate Montedison; Methods of wealthy industrialists and private investment companies in taking over companies; Example of industrialist Vincent Bollore of France, who challenged the Lazard group; Investments of Swiss money manager Martin Ebner and Marcus Wallenberg of Sweden.

Focuses on the varied family structures in Europe. Description of families in which the parents are not married; Increase in divorces; Decision of couples to not have children; Efforts of governments to ensure that de facto relationships have some legal recognition; Reasons for the changes in family structure; Example of James Bateman, who is a single father; Description of homosexual couples. INSET: THE PRICE OF PARTNERSHIP, By Jeff Chu.

Focuses on the problem of rising unemployment in Europe, as of August 2001. Reasons for the trend, including an economic slowdown; Impact on workers in Sweden, France, Germany and Italy; Mention of companies which have announced layoffs in these countries, such as Ericsson, Marks & Spencer and Moulinex-Brandt; Amount of unemployment benefits provided by the government; Response of political leaders to the layoffs.

Reports on the power of shareholders in Europe. Discontent of shareholders; Financial wrongdoing of chief executive officers (CEO); Investigation of Klaus Esser, former CEO of German mobile telephone provider Mannesmann; Way in which shareholders are banding together to battle companies; Criticism of the expansion of executives' pay packets, despite falling revenues; Executives' salaries at automobile manufacturer DaimlerChrysler; Financial problems of European companies.

This article is focused on Rick Steves, an American author on European travel. Steves is noted to encourage Americans to spend minimally on travel and to visit locations other than typical tourist destinations. In May 2009, Steves published "Travel as a Political Act," which argues for travel as a means of broadening international perspectives.

Discusses weather conditions that have wreaked havoc across Europe. Reports of floods, gales, droughts, mudslides, avalanches, tornadoes and fires; How the problems are due to global warming which can alter weather patterns; Warnings from climatologists that the trend in global warming may be irreversible; Comments by scientist Martin Parry; Long-term weather forecasts for Europe.

Features devices developed to improve the accessibility, ease of use and price of computers in Europe. Experiments conducted with consumer-friendly computing devices embedded in cafe tables, school desks, park benches and billboards; Focus on finding useful local information people are interested in; Devices developed with computing features include telephones and other home networking tools.

Discusses the so-called Great Banana War resulting from a trade war waged by the United States on behalf of US businessman Carl H. Lindner Jr. Reaction to European countries imposing import restrictions on bananas from Latin America; Background on Lindner's conglomeration; How US tariffs affect small businessmen such as Rick Reinert, who imports his product from Germany; Lindner's contributions and lobbying expenditures. INSETS: Hit by a $200,000 Bill from the Blue, by Timothy Dove;Goodbye, Art, by Arthur Kaplan.

Investigates business magnate Carl Lindner's influence on the United States government's decision to impose tariff on selected goods from Europe, after European countries decided to limit their banana imports. Companies targeted by the United States government's tariff; Lindner's business interests; Sources of Lindner's political influence. INSETS: Hit by a $200,000 Bill from the Blue;Goodbye, art.

Discusses the role of technology in Europe, asserting that in many areas of technology, Europe in superior to the United States. Details on several technologies, including the mobile phone, the smart card, and the Airbus; Why Europeans approach business differently from Americans; The role of the euro currency; Mergers and other changes in European business; The role of political leadership.

The article examines the outlook for global warming in Europe. Recent findings suggest that the Atlantic Ocean currents that warm Northern Europe are weakening as a result of global warming and may ultimately mean frigid weather for Europe. Global warming is causing more melt-water to stream into the North Atlantic from glaciers and older sea ice, which is lower in salt. Scientists from Britain's National Oceanography Center reported in "Nature" that a component of the oceanic current system that drives the Gulf Stream has slowed by 30 percent since 1992. Climate experts caution against panic.

Focuses on museums in Europe which highlighted the works of artists such as that of Leonardo da Vinci. Details of some of da Vinci's work displayed at the Queen's Galley in Buckingham Palace; Information on the Draper museum in Paris; Types of work featured at the museum.

Comments on the controversy over the United States intention to punish Europe for discriminating against bananas grown by US companies in Latin America. Europe fulfilling its trade obligations under various trade agreements to accept imported bananas; Support for trade restrictions in the US Congress; Number of European products which will receive tariffs by the US to minimize the impact on Americans; How the US Trade Representative determines impact.

The article reports on the science and technological advancement in China, based on the report by Time Science Editor Frederic Golden who has visited the country in September 1979. It notes that the Chinese community was known to be the world's first masters of science. It stresses the aspiration and determination of the Chinese to leadership in science and technology in 2000 to catch up with the U.S., Europe and Japan, which is called as an ambitious national goal New Long March, as well as their eagerness to learn the American ways and brainpower in science and technology advancement. It expounds the technological innovations of the Chinese, including their struggle to improve their electronic industry and their exploration on more esoteric realms.

The article offers information on an escape incident in August 1975 wherein American pilot Barry Meeker runs away the three escapes from Czechoslovakia to the western part of Europe through the barrier site Iron Curtain. It states that the incident is the third time Meeker had secretly flown refugees from Czechoslovakia by using a rented Bell JetRanger helicopter from his friend at the Riem Airport in Munich, Germany. It mentions that in the incident, Meeker managed to operate the aircraft to Traunstein, Germany despite of his wounded elbow caused by a gunshot during the time he and his escapes were found by the Czech sharpshooters. It adds that Meeker was then recognized by the West Germans as a hero, while Czechs consider him as a bandit.

The article focuses on the entry of European investments in the U.S. which shows a reversal flow of capital between the two nations. It states that the considerations on balance of payments and European laws and work practices have discouraged some U.S. companies to invest in Europe. It mentions that American encouragement has been one of the factors that brought the renewal of European investment in the U.S. It adds tha Great Britain has the biggest U.S. investment in U.S. capital markets.

The article discusses the two distinct doctrines of promoting the human welfare among Christians and Marxist atheists in Europe and the U.S. It highlights the gatherings of several Christian groups during the brief U.S. lecture tour of Roger Garaudy who is a chief theoretician of the French Communist Party as well as an evening of informal discussions at the Woodstuck Seminary in Maryland. Moreover, the perspectives of Garaudy and Karl Marx concerning Christianity are also discussed.

The article focuses on the concept of businessmen to buying railroad cars in France. It notes on the entrepreneurs Jean-Pierre Bruggeman and Jean Thomachot, who conceived the idea of investing and set up Algeco, a company that buys railroad tank cars to lease to oil companies. Algeco owns over 8,000 tank cars and caters from crude oil to liquid gas in Europe. The company has country clubs, a golf course, a marina and offers investors parcels of seeded forest land for investment.

The article discusses the full-dress conference of leaders of allied governments, including the U.S., Great Britain and France, at the Tucker's Town on the island of Bermuda. A description of how British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, French Premier Joseph Laniel and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower have arrived in the conference is given. Churchill nominated Eisenhower as chairman and the group discusses the first subject of the conference which is the Soviet Russia's intentions.

The article profiles several notable people in the international modeling industry. Marola Witt, was born in Berlin whose real name is Wittenstein, has been featured in magazine covers including "Galmour," "Vogue," and "Harper's Bazaar." Isabella Albonico, started her career in Europe at the age of 15 and arrived in New York in 1957. Dorothea McGowan, was born in Brooklyn and her career enables her to visit the Staten Island.

The article reports on the growing number of people that are joining the Mormon Church particularly in Europe. It details the Mormon missionary work of fifty six American missionaries in Berlin, Germany where they put in seventy hours per week. Converts are reportedly baptized by total immersion in Grunewald Lake and declare themselves in harmony with basic Moron principles.

The article highlights the market invasion of Europe by the Japanese. In Italy, the Japanese captured 28% of its motorcycle market and 48% of its tape-recorder market. In West Germany, half the cameras sold are Japanese. In the nine common market countries, Japan has cornered almost three-quarters of the fast growing sales of small electronic calculators, office machines and optical equipment. The reason of Japanese in building factories all over the continent is the international pressure on the Japanese to spread around their vast foreign currency reserves which already stand at 15 billion U.S. dollars. The Japanese business success in the continent is the result of careful, detailed planning and attention to what the consumer wants.

The article offers information on the extreme cold weather conditions across the European continent including Italy, France and Great Britain. Reportedly, a village in France experienced 29.2 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, the coldest temperatures ever recorded in the country. Icy fog forced thousands of passengers grounded at London's Heathrow Airport for three days.

The article discusses the Treaty of Moscow which is signed between West Germany and the Soviet Union, and its consequences in Europe. After the World War II, West Germany became a part of Western Allies and East Germany became a part of Soviet Union and it became a platform for Soviet forces in Eastern Europe. According to West German Chancellor Willy Brandt, the treaty presents an opportunity for Western Europe to live in peace with its neighbors in the east. It is reported that the West German Foreign Minister Walter Scheel during his trip to Moscow, Russia, has made it clear that the treaty wouldn't be used by East Germany for renouncing Germany's right to reunification.

The article discusses the consequences of excessive supply of American dollar by the U.S. government in European countries. It focuses on economist Robert Triffin's analysis on the growing monetary imperialism of the U.S. dollar, and gives various suggestions to foreign nations including lending of dollars back to the U.S. and buying up of unwanted dollars. It states that six nations of the European Common Market may set up a joint reserve fund as a step toward a common currency.

The article discusses the political developments in Europe which centered on the activities in Moscow, Russia and Bonn, Germany. It notes that West German Chancellor Willy Brandt advanced his Ostpolltik at about the same time Soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev had advanced his Realpolitik. It adds that Brandt and the leaders of the Warsaw Pact nations led in agreements that superseded the past foreign policies in Europe .

The article reports on the legislative debate over the proposed foreign aid bill by U.S. President Harry Truman. The House has reduced Truman's 8.5 billion U.S. dollar request for economic aid for Western Europe to 7.5 billion U.S. dollars, while the Senate cut the bill down again to 7.2 billion U.S. dollars. The doubts and confusions surrounding the debate over the proposed foreign aid bill are also noted.

The article assesses the capability of Western nations to meet and counter a Soviet attack on Europe. A meeting was held by the defense chiefs of eleven Atlantic pact nations in The Hague in the Netherlands in 1950 to examine military readiness. The main U.S. effort at the meeting was to assure that the U.S. would help European allies in thwarting a Soviet attack. An evaluation of the present military strength in Europe, whose worst part lies in Germany and France, is presented.

The article discusses the reaction of European leaders to the invasion of Russia into Georgia in August 2008. Actions that the European Union have decided to take in reaction to Russia's invasion of Georgia are mentioned, such as suspending trade agreements. The impact that alterations in trade agreements between Europe and Russia would have on individual countries, such as Germany, is discussed.

The article discusses European discontent with inflation. The rise in the cost of living is commonly blamed on the introduction of the euro, to the chagrin of government statisticians who argue that the European inflation rate is actually much lower than is popularly believed. The statisticians, however, are discussing averages, while most Europeans have noticed a spike in price for common, everyday purchases, while taking less notice of a balancing drop in price for many big-ticket items. INSET: Why What Things Used to Be Aint' What They Used to Be.

The article focuses on gay rights in Europe with reference to EU Commissioner-designate for Justice, Freedom and Security, Rocco Buttiglione's comments on homosexuals. Although Europe has a long tradition of protecting gay rights, Denmark was the first to introduce registered partnerships for gay couples in 1989. But in Italy, the Vatican's political influence remains strong enough to keep gay rights off the official agenda. Rocco said he considered homosexuality a sin.

The article reports on the increased number of counterfeit notes circulating across the Eastern and Western Europe. Police are concerned about the possibility that vendors will refuse accepting bills due to circulating fake notes. The U.S. Secret Service established a regional office in Sofia, Bulgaria in the summer of 2003 in order to control the production of counterfeit money. The Bulgarian parliament might not support a new law that would provide tough sentences against counterfeiters.

Looks at the opposition that some governments in Europe are receiving in response to their use of nuclear power. Hope of the Finnish government to build its fifth nuclear power station; Shortages of fossil fuels in Europe; Mixed reactions of European voters to nuclear power; Map of controversial sites for nuclear power plants in Europe.

Focuses on the spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in Europe as of December 11, 2000. Contraction of BSE by humans, which causes the fatal variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Effect that BSE has on beef markets throughout Europe; The slaughter of cattle due to the threat of BSE infection; Lack of knowledge about the disease. INSET: The Tragedy of Queniborough, by Helen Gibson.

Discusses the ways in which Europe's new economy is clashing with its old world order, in light of the experiences of Kristian Dicke, founder of the Internet company Matchbid.com. Difficulty of launching online companies; Shift from industrial industries to Internet-based industries; Details of the process of the launching of Matchbid.com by Dicke.

Discusses online security in Europe and what law enforcement agencies are doing to make the Internet safe for electronic commerce. Increase in the number of computer-related crimes in 1998, as a result of more businesses using the Internet; Examples of web-related crimes, including sabotage, fraud, and the spread of computer viruses; Examples of law enforcement agencies in Europe, such as German's Computer Emergency Response Team. INSET: THE EXTERMINATORS.

Reports on the problems faced by the European Parliament in early 1999. Allegations of financial mismanagement, corruption, and nepotism; Satisfaction felt by European Commission President Jacques Santer with a vote not to censure members; Details of where the allegations came from; Documented evidence that the Commission made efforts to stymie investigation efforts into the allegations.