Guardian: Paris has banned old cars from its streets in a war on air pollution that environmentalists hope will also drive dirty vehicles from the centres of other European cities.
Air pollution, in large part caused by fine particulate fuel emissions, kills 48,000 people each year in France, about 400,000 in Europe and around 3.7 million worldwide, data published by Frances public health agency this month showed.
From Friday, any car registered before 1 January 1997 will be banned from the citys streets...