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Debt crisis

  • Greece has another 15 days to specify fiscal savings worth 300 million euros.

    Greece has another 15 days to specify fiscal savings worth 300 million euros. Photo: EFE

Greek leaders fail to agree on reform and austerity programme

Reuters

A spokesman for the socialist PASOK party said disagreement over pension reform had been the stumbling block.

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Onslaught on the city of Homs

  •  Government forces are thrusting into rebel-held areas of Homs with tanks.

    Government forces are thrusting into rebel-held areas of Homs with tanks. Photo: EITB

U.N. says urgent action needed to protect civilians in Syria

Reuters

Anti-Assad activists in Syria say that, after an overnight artillery bombardment, government forces are thrusting into rebel-held areas…

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Austerity measures

Greek leaders face crunch talks to agree on unpopular reforms

Reuters

The leaders are caught between their increasingly frustrated partners in the EU for failing to pass the reforms quickly…

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Economic coordination

Merkel and Sarkozy meet amid euro, Syria crises

Reuters

The French and German leaders will seek further economic coordination in the crisis-hit European Union and discuss the…

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United Nations

Exceptional harvest and food deliveries end famine in Somalia

Reuters

The U.N. declared famine in two parts of southern Somalia last July and extended the famine warning in September to six…

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Fall of 2014

Scotland's leader to unveil detailed plans for referendum

AP

The referendum will ask voters whether they want to leave the United Kingdom and form an independent country.

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Referendum

Croatia votes to join EU in 2013

Reuters

Provided all 27 member states ratify its accession, the Adriatic state will enter the EU on July 1, 2013, more than two…

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Stricken cruise liner

Five more bodies found in Costa Concordia, dead toll rises to 11

Reuters

Captain Francesco Schettino has been allowed to leave jail but is under house arrest, blamed by his employer for risking…

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Italian cruise liner

Number of people missing from Costa Concordia revised up to 29

Reuters

Costa Concordia slid a little on Monday, threatening to plunge 2,300 tonnes of fuel below the Mediterranean waters of…

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