Many prisons, even today, are overcrowded and squalid places.

She was an affable, soft-spoken woman who told us about her home, her children and her business.

He was sitting at the edge of the group and staring morosely into space.

The mayor plans to abate air pollution in the city by limiting traffic.

France's population of Arabic origin is the continent's largest, drawing on Francophone diasporas from North Africa and Lebanon.

We saw rioters pelting police with bricks and bottles.

I had talked too much about myself and felt like a garrulous old fool.

I wake up each day with a feeling of nervous trepidation, fearing what it will bring.

The mayor was contrite when the initial allegations emerged.