 Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis
Camp David - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were to focus their attention on Europe's economic woes on Saturday after President Barack Obama threw his weigh... (photo: AP) Independent online
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 David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax
David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions. | D... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) The Daily Telegraph
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 Afghan war will cost British taxpayers £20 billion by time mission is complete
Britain's war in Afghanistan will cost taxpayers almost £20 billion by time the mission draws to a close, new figures have revealed. | Despite the winding down of o... (photo: US Army / Spc. Kristina Gupton) The Daily Telegraph
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 Luxury Liner’s Removal to Begin Off Italian Coast
| ROME — One of the most expensive and challenging salvage operations ever planned, the removal of the luxury liner Costa Concordia from granite rocks off the Tusca... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia) The New York Times
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 Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain
| AFP - Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the Unit... (photo: AP / AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG) France24
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 Does Greece have the energy for a fight?
If Greece were a man, he would have aged decades in the past two weeks. | The grey hairs would be sprouting, the wrinkles showing. It has been an extraordinarily tumultuo... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis) BBC News
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 Nasri claims France are outsiders as midfielder tips England to win group
| Samir Nasri feels England are favourites to win Group D at Euro 2012 but admits Wayne Rooney's suspension for the first two games offers hopes to France. | Manchester U... (photo: AP / Jon Super) The Daily Mail
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 Merkel 'suggests Greek referendum on euro membership'
German leader Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece could hold a referendum on continued use of the euro when it votes in national elections next month, Greek officials... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) BBC News
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 Rooney ban good news for France, says Nasri
PARIS, May 18 (Reuters) - Wayne Rooney's suspension for the first two games of the 2012 European Championship is a great opportunity for France, who meet England in their... (photo: AP / Tim Hales) The Guardian
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 Afghanistan takes center stage at NATO event in Chicago
| WASHINGTON -- Mapping the way out of an unpopular war, the U.S. and NATO are trying to build an Afghan army that can defend the country after 130,000 international troo... (photo: US Army / DOD) Detroit Free Press
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 Moody's lowers rating of 16 Spanish banks
| MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Risk Qualification agency Moody's lowered its rating of 16 Spanish banks late on Thursday evening. | The move came after a difficult day on t... (photo: AP / Paul White) Xinhua
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 EU confident Europe will overcome crisis
| The head of the European Union Commission told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that he is "fully confident" the 17 countries using the euro and all European insti... (photo: EC / EC) Jakarta Post
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 Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro
| Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece coul... (photo: AP / Carl Court) The Independent
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 Rafael Nadal breezes to win and berth in Rome Masters quarter-finals as Samantha Stosur and Andy Murray fall
| NOVAK Djokovic and Rafael Nadal have reached the Rome Masters quarter-finals but Samantha Stosur was eliminated. | Fourth seed Andy Murray also suffered a setback to hi... (photo: Creative Commons / Yann Caradec) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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 Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears
| Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
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 Injury worry for Murray
| Andy Murray admits a back injury is hampering his preparations for the French Open. | The world No 4 crashed out of Roland Garros warm-up the Italian Open in the third ... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Sky Sports
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 Bulgaria extends smoking ban to cafes, stadiums
| AFP - Lawmakers in Bulgaria approved on Thursday last-minute changes to the country's health bill to ban smoking in stadiums and all enclosed public spaces such as cafe... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) France24
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 A Clown at Cannes: Bill Murray at the Riviera Fest
| CANNES, France (AP) — Clad in a plaid jacket that could have come out of Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe in "Caddyshack," Bill Murray clashed with traditional Canne... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Sherwood) The New York Times
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 Europe's banks on the brink
| LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as presid... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser) Reuters
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 We risk being shut out of financial markets, warns Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy
| As Madrid's borrowing costs spiked to levels widely seen as unsustainable, Mariano Rajoy warned that there is a "a serious risk that [investors] will not lend us m... (photo: AP / Thierry Charlier) The Independent
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