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Growth, jobs are priority for Group of Eight leaders Growth, jobs are priority for Group of Eight leaders
| President Barack Obama leads a Group of Eight summit session Saturday at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. The European debt crisis dominated the talks, ... (photo: EC / EC) Denver Post
Economy   G8   Jobs   Leaders   Photos   Wikipedia: G8  
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. 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... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster) BBC News
Economy   Eurozone   G8 Summit   Photos   Wikipedia: 38th G8 summit  
US President Barack Obama is pictured in the oval office at the white House at the end of his meeting with France's new President Francois Hollande on May 18, 2012 in Washington DC prior to attend the G8 summit in Camp David. 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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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. 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
Accident   Italy   Luxury   Photos   Tourism   Wikipedia: Costa Concordia  
File - Drought and Rising Food Prices in Niger: A local man takes advantage of the World Food Programme (WFP)s food-and-cash for work programme in the village of Dan Kada, Maradai Region, Niger. US to announce food security plan for Africa
US President Barack Obama is set to announce a $3bn (£1.9bn) plan to boost food security and farm productivity in Africa, US officials say. | They say the initiative is ... (photo: UN / WFP/Phil Behan) BBC News
Africa   Aid   Photos   US   Wikipedia: United States Agency for International Development  
Oil - Gasoline - Fuel Oil falls to near $92 after sharp 2-week selloff
Posted on May 18, 2012 at 6:30 am by Associated Press in Crude Oil Prices, Oil A gas station attendant pumps gas, in Portland, Ore. The price of oil plunged below $100 pe... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Houston Chronicle
Economy   Gasoline   Photos   Prices   Wikipedia: Oil  
G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis G8 leaders look to head off euro zone crisis
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leaders of major industrial economies meet this weekend to try to head off a full-blown crisis in Europe where fears are growing that Greece coul... (photo: EC / EC) The Star
Euro   G8   Leaders   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: G8  
The marble statue of ancient Greek philosopher Socrates stands in front of the headquarters of Bank of Greece, in central Athens, on Friday, July 23, 2010. 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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G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger G8 pressed to keep up fight on hunger
| AFP - Anti-poverty campaigners are urging leaders of rich nations to commit at a weekend summit to feeding the world's poor, warning that hunger is taking a devastating... (photo: EC / European Commission 2012) France24
Humanitarian   Hunger   Leaders   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Hunger  
Novak Djokovic (SRB) competes against Andy Murray (GBR) during the Men's Final on Day 14 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA. 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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ECB move on Greek banks adds to woes ECB move on Greek banks adds to woes
| The European Central Bank has stopped offering liquidity to some Greek banks it does not consider solvent, and international concern about the eurozone rose as Athens c... (photo: European Community / EC) Canberra Times
Banks   Crisis   EU   Greek   Photos   Wikipedia: European Central Bank  
European leaders scramble to contain Greek debt crisis European leaders scramble to contain Greek debt crisis
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoneyInvest May 16, 2012: 12:16 PM ET0:00 / 04:49Merkel: We want Greece to stay in euro | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Leaders across Europe rushed to try ... (photo: EC / EC) CNN
Debt   EU   Leaders   Merkel   Photos   Wikipedia: Eurozone   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
Maria Sharapova (RUS) competes against Agnieszka Radwanska (POL) during the Women's Final on Day 13 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 31, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA. Sharapova advances in windy Rome
Rome - Past and present Wimbledon winners Maria Sharapova and Czech Petra Kvitova made straight-set moves into the third round of the Rome Masters on Tuesday, with the Ru... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Independent online
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Novak Djokovic (SRB) competes against Andy Murray (GBR) during the Men's Final on Day 14 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on April 1, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA. Rome Masters: Djokovic storms into third round
Zeenews Sports Bureau | Rome: Leaving behind his fourth round loss at Madrid earlier this month, world number one Novak Djokovic defeated Bernard Tomic 6-3, 6-3 to reach ... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Zeenews
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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a lecture on European economic situation during a seminar in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Obama, Monti agree to intensify growth, job creation
Tweet WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti agreed on Tuesday on the need to "intensify" growth and job creation, as Washington prepar... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa) The Times Of India
Economy   Italy   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Italy  
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, right, speaks with Belgium's Finance Minister Steven Vanackere, left, and Irish Finance Minister Michael Noonan, center, during a meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, Jan. 23, 2012. New Greek election as talks fail
| DEBT-stricken Greece must hold fresh elections after last-ditch talks to form a government collapsed. | The new election is likely to prolonging a tortuous crisis which... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Debt   Election   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
Flavia Pennetta (ITA) competes against  Lourdes Dominguez Lino (ESP) during the Day 5 of the Sony Ericsson Open at Crandon Park Tennis Center on March 23, 2012 in Key Biscayne, Florida - USA. Pennetta Shocks Kirilenko at Rome Masters
| Sixteenth seed Maria Kirilenko fell at the first hurdle of the $2 million Rome Masters on Tuesday, losing 6-1, 7-6 to Italy's Flavia Pennetta. | Kirilenko was flattened... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert) Novosti
Italy   Photos   Sport   Tennis   Wikipedia: Flavia Pennetta  
From left to right, leader of the Democratic Left party Fotis Kouvelis, head of the Socialist PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos, leader of Conservatives New Democracy party Antonis Samaras, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left party Alexis Tsipras and leader of the 'Independent Greeks', Panos Kammenos during a Political party leaders meeting at the Presidential Palace in Athens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Greece to go back to the polls after President fails to form Coalition
| "It is absolutely necessary to have the broader support of political parties" ... Antonis Samaras, New Democracy leader. Photo: AFP | ATHENS: Greece will be going to el... (photo: AP / Aris Messinis) Canberra Times
Economy   Election   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek legislative election, 2012  
 KLdy1 - Aug06 - retail - fashion - fabric - textile - clothes - clothing industry - economy. (dy1)  DAVID GLEASON: Treat clothing shares with caution
| AN EXAMINATION, however brief, of the clothing retail sector inevitably leads back to the economy. And, believe me, there is no doubt that it has turned down. That rece... (photo: WN / deniseyong) Business Day
Business   Economy   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Textile industry  
Real Madrid's Karim Benzema from France celebrates after scoring against Valencia during their La Liga soccer match at Mestalla stadium in Valencia, Saturday, Nov. 19, 2011. France's star man: Benzema lean, mean and hungry for success thanks to Jose's diet
| Having shed some seven kilos last summer, Karim Benzema is finally delivering at the highest level and is on the verge of completing a vintage season as the European Ch... (photo: AP / Alberto Saiz) The Daily Mail
Football   Photos   Sports   Star   Wikipedia: Karim Benzema