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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 Tuscan coast, where it ran aground ... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia) The New York Times
Accident Italy Luxury Photos Tourism Wikipedia: Costa Concordia |
 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 States. | The Group of Eigh... (photo: AP / AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG) France24
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 Spanish stocks focus of investor concern
| MADRID — The level of bad loans on the books of Spain's banks has risen to an 18-year high, the country's central banker reported Friday, increasing concern for t... (photo: AP / Paul White) The Wichita Eagle
Economy Madrid Photos Spain Wikipedia: Bank of Spain |
 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 |
 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
Economy Photos Spain Stocks Wikipedia: Economy of Spain |
 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
Economy Eurozone Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis |
 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
Bulgaria Health Lawmakers Photos Smoking Wikipedia: Bulgaria |
 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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