 Wheat, gold make stunning runs in nervous markets
Tweet | NEW YORK: Wheat charged higher on Friday to post its biggest weekly gain in 16 years and gold continued its recovery from four-month lows as commodity markets saw... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The Times Of India
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 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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 Myanmar's Suu Kyi to address British parliament in June
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi will be given the rare honour of addressing both houses of Britain's parliament when she makes her first tr... (photo: AP / Khin Maung Win) The Star
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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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 Thousands flee DR Congo violence
| Fighting between government troops and rebels has displaced hundreds of thousands people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). | The fighting has been mo... (photo: UN) Al Jazeera
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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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 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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 Spain stocks fall sharply after Moody's downgrade
| MADRID (AP) — Spanish stocks dropped sharply early Friday morning after ratings agency Moody's downgraded its credit score of 16 Spanish banks in the latest blow ... (photo: Creative Commons / Christianwelsh) US News
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 Smoking ban imposed in public places in Bulgaria
Sofia, May 18: | After several failed attempts from restaurant owners, Bulgaria's Parliament has finally adopted a total ban on smoking in indoor public places. | The ban... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) The Siasat Daily
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 Solution to world economic crisis must have "global dimension": EU's Barroso
| UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (Xinhua) -- President of the European Union (EU) Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said here Thursday that a solution to the global economic crisis ... (photo: EC / EC) Xinhua
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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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 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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 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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 Djokovic into Rome last eight after fightback
Holder Novak Djokovic staged a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 comeback over Argentine Juan Monaco to earn a place in the quarter-finals at a windy Rome Masters on Thursday. | With gusts o... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Khaleej Times
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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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