After recapture from the Moors in 1085, it transformed into a hub for erudition, where scholars flocked to study rare Arab and Hebrew texts.

Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who served time in Czechoslovakia's communist prisons, has died. He was 75.

After the recession and amid fears of another one looming large, the word has broadened its scope to mean holidays with elderly people.

Next year's CEO list could just as well line up record label bosses.