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European leaders scramble to contain Greek debt crisis
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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 to reassure nervous investors ... (photo: EC / EC)
A Palestinian vendor displays a gold jewellery at a jewellery store in the Rafah Refugee Camp, Southern Gaza Strip on September. 19, 2011. Decline in demand for gold in the Palestinian markets due to the high price of $ 50 per gram, this high price in the global gold. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
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Gold drops as Greece batters global markets
Gold fell for a fourth straight day to its lowest since late December on Wednesday, sucked into a broad-based sell-off that dented global markets on the back of alarm over political turmoil in Greece.... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks to new French President Francois Hollande after a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Tuesday, May 15, 2012.  Kathimerini 
Merkel says she wants Greece in euro, would consider growth measures
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists she wants Greece to stay in the euro and has left open the option of agreeing more measures designed to boost growth. | "I want Greece to stay in the euro. I ... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber)
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Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion (6 billion pounds) off the electronics giant's market value, on a report that Apple plac... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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Gold hits 4-1/2 month low on Greek turmoil
Tweet | SINGAPORE: Gold extended losses on Wednesday and slipped to its weakest since December after Greece's failure to form a government prompted investors to cut their... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
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Der neue franzoesische Praesident Francois Hollande und Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel (CDU) geben am Dienstag (15.05.12) im Bundeskanzleramt in Berlin eine gemeinsame Pressekonferenz The Star
Merkel, Hollande promise joint growth strategy
| BERLIN (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-... (photo: AP / Steffi Loos)
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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. The Daily Telegraph Australia
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)
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President of the Socialist group at the National Assembly Jean-Marc Ayrault is seen in an elevator prior to a meeting of the Socialist group at the National Assembly, in Paris Wednesday May 9, 2012. The Guardian
Jean-Marc Ayrault named as France's new prime minister
| MP and expert on Germany who has been working on improving Franco-german relations appointed by President Hollande Francois Hollande (l) and Jean- Marc Ayrault (r) atte... (photo: AP / Thibault Camus)
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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 Canberra Times
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)
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Pedestrians pass an electronic display sign showing the British FTSE 100 in London, Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Independent online
FTSE 100 rebound capped
Britain's top share index bounced slightly higher on Tuesday after sharp falls in the previous session, as investors bought beaten commodity and banking stocks, though th... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
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A small pile of snow is seen outside an Isuzu branch office in Springfield, Illinois, USA as seen on this January 22, 2010 file photo. Atlanta Journal
World stocks mixed amid Greek political impasse
| BANGKOK — World stocks were held in check Tuesday by a political impasse in Greece that could lead it to a destabilizing exit from the euro currency union. Shizuo... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
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Nissan - Automaker The Times Of India
Nikkei closes at 3-1/2 month low on Greece fears
Tweet | TOKYO: Japan's Nikkei share average fell to a 3-1/2 month closing low on Tuesday, weighed down by exporters with exposure to Europe after Greece struggled to form... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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