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Travelling is often about trying the unusual and attempting to experience the different culture of the country you are visiting. One of the best ways to do this is to try the foods the native people eat.

World leaders are likely to agree to curb bank bonuses at next week's G20 summit and want evidence recession is over before they stop spending to prop up their economies, European heads of government said on Thursday.

Speculation that Volkswagen (VOWG.DE) will try to incorporate Germany's MAN SE (MANG.DE) into a new trucks alliance gained momentum after comments from leaders of the sprawling automotive empire this week.

Canada has decided against launching a review of the $1.13 billion sale of the wireless assets of bankrupt Nortel Networks to Sweden's Ericsson, Industry Minister Tony Clement said on Wednesday.

Volkswagen's (VOWG.DE) powerful supervisory board chairman, Ferdinand Piech, left open the possibility of Europe's largest car maker acquiring further brands saying a dozen is easier to remember than ten.

A U.N. panel annulled ballots from dozens of polling stations in Afghanistan's presidential election on Thursday, kicking off a lengthy fraud investigation that could keep Afghans locked in political uncertainty for months.

China's largest automaker SAIC Motor group (600104.SS) may take a passive stake in Saab Automobile [GM.UL] by teaming with luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg, a source with knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

China's largest automaker SAIC Motor group (600104.SS) is considering taking a passive stake in Saab Automobile [GM.UL] by teaming with luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.

Luxury sportscar maker Koenigsegg has presented the Swedish government with a new plan for financing its purchase of Saab Automobile GM.UL, a government official said on Monday.

Chinese machinery maker Tengzhong is still working to close a deal with General Motors Co to buy the U.S. automaker's Hummer brand after a regulatory setback, Chinese media reported on Monday.

Spotify, the much-hyped European digital music service, has secured a deal to launch a mobile offering on Apple's iPhone, iPod Touch and phones using the Android platform, it said on Monday.

There are divas, and then there's Renee Fleming.

Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's grip on television in Italy is at the heart of

The Venice Lido was abuzz Thursday over

The European Central Bank kept interest rates unchanged at a record low of 1.0 percent on Thursday and President Jean-Claude Trichet said the euro zone economy faced a very gradual recovery from recession.

Alcatel-Lucent's research and development strengths and broad customer base make it an attractive takeover candidate for a rival, but it has to clean up its operations before a deal is likely.

Sweden has put an exclamation mark on the world map, Turning Torso, a twisted residential tower in the city of Malmo. The full story bears a less pretentious title: Western Harbor - from industrial area to an oasis of modern living, education and commerce, with IT as a subtitle.

Demand in the ailing forestry sector has stabilised after a grim start to 2009 but controlling costs will remain a major focus for the foreseeable future, paper company executives said on Tuesday.

Mininova, an alternative to BitTorrent tracking site The Pirate Bay, has lost a key legal battle and has been ordered to purge its directory of trackers linking to copyrighted files within 30 days or face fines.

Russia's top general said on Wednesday the military would search the Arctic Sea merchant ship for a possible secret cargo when it returns to Russia from a maritime odyssey that has made headlines around the world.

The crew and suspected hijackers of the Arctic Sea cargo ship arrived in Russia on Thursday after a maritime saga peppered with piracy and the hint of espionage.