Daily Archives: May 16, 2011

Beware of Greeks Bearing Bonds

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As Wall Street hangs on the question “Will Greece default?,” the author heads for riot-stricken Athens, and for the mysterious Vatopaidi monastery, which brought down the last government, laying bare the country’s economic insanity. But beyond a $1.2 trillion debt … Continue reading →

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Fine Gael showing the way.

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Source :http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0325/1224293046392.html Remember this article in the Times ? By.GENEVIEVE CARBERY Friday, March 25, 2011 A FINE Gael TD who has returned half his salary to the exchequer has urged other politicians to consider a similar action. First-time TD for … Continue reading →

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Pensions are under siege

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Pensions are under siege – first they were hammered by stock market loses and now the Government is dipping into private pension funds,  by  CAROLINE MADDEN  WITH A NEW levy slapped on private pensions to pay for the jobs initiative, … Continue reading →

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Summary of the Sunday independent

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“The great seducer”

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NEW YORK — Dominique Strauss-Kahn‘s reputation with women earned him the nickname “the great seducer,” and not even an affair with a subordinate could knock the International Monetary Fund leader off a political path pointed in the direction of the French … Continue reading →

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Switzerland, have rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide

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Voters in Zurich, Switzerland, have rejected proposed bans on assisted suicide and “suicide tourism“. Some 85% of the 278,000 votes cast opposed the ban on assisted suicide and 78% opposed outlawing it for foreigners, Zurich authorities said. About 200 people … Continue reading →

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