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The Aug. 18, 2009 file photo shows the Angela Merkel's adviser Jens Weidmann in Berlin. According to German media reports on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 Weidmann is becoming new head of the German Bundesbank.
Business   Europe   Finance   Photos   Wikipedia: Jens Weidmann		  The Times of India 
Europen banks warned against raising Greek risk exposure
Sun 20 May 2012
Tweet BERLIN: Central banks in Europe should not increase their exposure to Greece due to the high level of political uncertainty there, Bundesbank president Jens Weidmann said in a newspaper... (photo: AP / Berthold Stadler)
U.S. President Barack Obama listens to remarks during the plenary session of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Coex Center in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 27, 2012.
Eurozone   Jobs   Obama   Photos   Wikipedia: Eurozone		  The Daily Telegraph 
Barack Obama warns eurozone to focus on jobs and growth
Sun 20 May 2012
US President Barack Obama, wrapping up the G8 summit hosted at Camp David, says the euro zone crisis is threatening the world economy, but welcomes Europe's new focus on jobs and growth as a potential... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and Mexican President Felipe Calderon, not seen, in the Rose Garden at the White House, Monday, April 2, 2012, in Washington.  BBC News  Sun 20 May 2012
Obama: Eurozone 'must focus on jobs and growth'
US President Barack Obama has said there is an "emerging consensus" that European countries must now focus on jobs and growth. Speaking after the G8 summit of some of the world's... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Economy   Eurozone   G8 Summit   Photos   Wikipedia: 38th G8 summit
People view the cruise ship Costa Concordia as it lays on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012.  The New York Times  Sat 19 May 2012
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 Tuscan coast, where it ran aground in... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)
Accident   Italy   Luxury   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Costa Concordia
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US President Barack Obama (R) meets with French President Francois Hollande following their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits. France24 Sat 19 May 2012
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 United... (photo: AP / AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG)
Eurozone   G8   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: 38th G8 summit
A protester with a placard placed on on a rake chats with another protester at Syntagma square in front of the Greek parliament , in central Athens, on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012. BBC News Sat 19 May 2012
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 tumultuous... (photo: AP / Kostas Tsironis)
Economy   Elections   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
Angela Merkel David Cameron Barack Obama and Naoto Kan 20100625 BBC News Fri 18 May 2012
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)
Euro   Germany   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
Euro - Currency Reuters Fri 18 May 2012
Europe stocks suffer worst week since September
* FTSEurofirst 300 ends down 1.1 pct * Index loses 5.1 pct on the week, worst week since Sept * Banks rally on speculation of renewed short selling ban * Data shows low... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: FTSEurofirst 300 Index
Mitsubishi Motors - Vehicle - Car - Automaker The Boston Globe Fri 18 May 2012
World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Economy   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: DAX
2012 Toyota Camry LE Palm Beach Post Fri 18 May 2012
Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries
BANGKOK — Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR)
Economy   Markets   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Toyota


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U.S. Army Pfc. Jeffery Penning, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Warrior, along with an Afghan Security Guard member pull security during a roving patrol on Observation Post Mustang, Kunar province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012. Taliban: NATO nations should leave Afghanistan now Atlanta Journal
Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis Noda, EU leaders unite on tackling debt crisis Japan Times
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Vik, a small Icelandic town of just 300 people, where residents still recall stories from their relatives of Katla volcano's last eruption in 1918, sits under a blanket of cloud in this Sept. 27, 2011 photo. Iceland offers world's first tour inside a volcano The Daily Telegraph
In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 photo anti-government protesters carry the coffin of a slain protester, draped in the revolutionary flag, during the funeral of two comrades killed in earlier clashes in Idlib, north Syria. Syria truce largely holds but at least six killed in protests  The Independent
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President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron stand together on stage after a joint news conference at Lancaster House in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Cameron and Obama talk euro crisis over workout as Tories at home plot £7bn welfare ... The Daily Mail
President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron walk to Marine One on the Ellipse in Washington, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. David Cameron: it is 'make or break' for the euro The Daily Telegraph
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Oil- Gasoline-Energy-Prices. Oil falls to 5-month low near $94 on Europe fears Atlanta Journal
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Former Prime Minister of Iceland Geir Haarde, right, speak with his lawyer Andri Arnason in a court in Reykjavik Monday March 5, 2012 . Iceland's former prime minister went on trial Monay as the first world leader to face criminal charges over the 2008 financial crisis that affected much of the world economy. Geir Haarde became a symbol of the bubble economy for Icelanders who lost their jobs and homes after the country's main commercial bank collapsed in 2008, sending its currency into a nosedive and inflation soaring. Iceland's former PM awaits court's verdict Al Jazeera
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