Links for Sunday 5 October:

News from Tehran: French troops: We won’t go to Afghanistan
“Smart decision” Plea from chief of Renault and Nissan for EU car subsidies
Cheap loans to car giants: Paris scepticism at Detroit bail-out
Weathering the credit crunch: French save money for a rainy day
Sarkozy’s crisis summit: Why his guests all wanted different things
What it really means: In vineyards, it’s dirt; to the French, it’s terroir
Male escort enjoying a boom: Middle-class French fall for the gigolo