Last refreshed at 0830GMT ThursdayThe World in a Window | March 19, 2010

1 President Sarkozy's €245,000 shower (never used)

2 Russian banks take pigs, lingerie as collateral

3 P.J. O'Rourke on Pete Seeger: "Nice, sweet, and well-meaning busybodies have been wreaking havoc with the globe since at least the days of Rousseau"