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The captain of a luxury cruise liner that ran aground off the Italian coast on Friday was arrested Saturday. Two French and one Peruvian national were killed in the accident. Some 40 of the 4000 passengers are still missing.

A ban on short-selling stocks will come into effect Friday in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium in an effort to calm markets still reeling from fears of a spreading sovereign debt crisis and rumours that some of Europe's major banks are in trouble.

A ban on short-selling stocks will come into effect Friday in France, Italy, Spain and Belgium in an effort to calm markets still reeling from fears of a spreading sovereign debt crisis and rumours that some of Europe's major banks are in trouble.

France has become the latest country to feel the heat as it scrambles for an answer to Europe’s seemingly intractable debt crisis. But as jittery investors have shown over the past two days, markets are scarcely inclined to sit and wait.

As President Nicolas Sarkozy prepares to meet Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi Tuesday at an immigration summit in Rome, hundreds of Tunisian refugees remain stranded in a Parisian park. France24.com takes a closer look.

Thousands of North African migrants in Italian refugee centres remain in legal limbo as a diplomatic row escalates between the French and Italian governments over the key principle of free movement within the European Union.

Thousands of North African migrants in Italian refugee centres remain in legal limbo as a diplomatic row escalates between the French and Italian governments over the key principle of free movement within the European Union.

The European Commission said Monday that French authorities had not broken EU law at the weekend when they blocked trains carrying Tunisian migrants from Italy for several hours, prompting Italian authorities to launch an official complaint.

France blocked an Italian train carrying Tunisian migrants from entering its territory Sunday, reigniting a diplomatic spat with Rome over how to handle the recent flow of migrants fleeing political unrest in North Africa.

In an attempt to defuse a diplomatic row, Italy and France agreed Friday to jointly patrol Tunisia’s coast to try to curb the flow of migrants who have been heading to Europe, many hoping to reach France via the Italian island of Lampedusa.