Susana Farinha has been looking to buy her first home since the new year. Incredibly, she hasn’t bid on one property yet as every time she rings to inquire about a house or apartment, she inevitably discovers that the property is already 20%-30% over its asking price.

Susana Trimarco’s quest to find her kidnapped daughter has uncovered the dark underbelly of Argentina’s sex trade. Scott Johnson reports

Susana Chavez, a 36-year-old poet and activist who adopted the slogan Not One More Death, was found strangled, mutilated and dumped on a street in the Mexican border city of Juarez, infamous for a series of murders of women – even before drug cartels made it one of the most violent places in the world.

Spaniards lit candles, laid flowers and fell into a long, mournful silence today as they marked the first anniversary of bombs that ripped apart crowded Madrid commuter trains, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,500.