 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
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 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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 A Clown at Cannes: Bill Murray at the Riviera Fest
| CANNES, France (AP) — Clad in a plaid jacket that could have come out of Rodney Dangerfield's wardrobe in "Caddyshack," Bill Murray clashed with traditional Canne... (photo: Creative Commons / Paul Sherwood) The New York Times
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 Europe's banks on the brink
| LONDON, May 17 (IFR) - The euro zone crisis was in full swing when Jean-Claude Trichet took the podium in Berlin last October 6 for his final press conference as presid... (photo: AP / Martin Oeser) Reuters
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 Copper rebounds from 4-month lows, Greek worries cap gains
| LONDON (Reuters) - Copper steadied on Thursday following hefty losses in the previous session that dragged prices to four-month lows, but gains were fragile as worries ... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Reuters
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 Secret gardens revealed in Amsterdam
| During the third weekend of June, 30 of the most private gardens in Amsterdam are open to the public as part of Open Garden Days. Some of them are opening for the first... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Miami Herald
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 Greek caretaker government sworn in
Athens: The Greek caretaker government, which will lead the country to the second round of national polls in June, was sworn in on Thursday morning at a ceremony held at ... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis) Zeenews
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 U.S. Stock Futures Inch Up
By SHAWN LANGLOIS | LONDON—U.S. stocks nudged slightly higher before the opening bell on Thursday and were poised to end their recent losing streak after the Fed in... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Wall Street Journal
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 We risk being shut out of financial markets, warns Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy
| As Madrid's borrowing costs spiked to levels widely seen as unsustainable, Mariano Rajoy warned that there is a "a serious risk that [investors] will not lend us m... (photo: AP / Thierry Charlier) The Independent
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 Prosecutors lay out Srebrenica genocide case against Ratko Mladic
| On the second day of the 70-year-old's genocide trial, Yugoslav war crimes tribunal prosecutors will focus on the bloody climax of the 1992-95 Bosnian war, when Serb fo... (photo: AP / Amel Emric) The Independent
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 Greece Crisis: IMF chief warns on expensive cost of Greek exit from euro
Tweet ATHENS: IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned of "extremely expensive" consequences were Greece to leave the euro zone, a once taboo possibility that European leaders ... (photo: AP / Lionel Cironneau) The Times Of India
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 Tokyo stocks rebound, close up 0.86%
TweetTOKYO: Tokyo stocks reversed early losses to finish 0.86 percent higher Thursday, as Japan reported better-than-expected growth figures although concerns over politi... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) The Times Of India
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 World stocks mixed amid bargain-hunting vs caution
| BANGKOK — Asian stocks eked out gains Thursday as traders hunted for bargains after sharp selling in recent days, but markets in Europe fell amid intensifying fea... (photo: Creative Commons / Thomas doerfer) Atlanta Journal
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 Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines
| By Alito L. Malinao | MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine economy was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub) Xinhua
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 SAA needs state cash to renew its fleet — Gigaba
| South African Airways (SAA) needed to be recapitalised by the state to allow it to renew its fleet of aircraft and roll out its African aviation strategy, Public Enterp... (photo: Creative Commons / Kleinz1) Business Day
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 Asia stocks rise after Greece sets election date
| BANGKOK — Asian stocks were mostly higher Thursday as markets adjusted to Greece's possible exit from the euro common currency and traders hunted for bargains aft... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Springfield News-Sun
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 Spain borrowing costs set to rise amid Greece fears
Spain's borrowing costs look set to spike on Thursday when the country's treasury sells up to 2.5bn euros (£2bn; $3.2bn) of three- and four-year sovereign bond... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) BBC News
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 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 |
 Nikkei slips on Greece fears but Japan GDP supports
Tweet | TOKYO: The Nikkei share average slipped on Thursday on heightened concerns over Greece after news that some Greek banks have been denied funding by the European C... (photo: Creative Commons / Jastrow) The Times Of India
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 Mladic trial: Prosecution to focus on Srebrenica massacre
A war crimes trial of former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic is to resume, with the prosecution focusing on the Srebrenica massacre in 1995. | Gen Mladic is accu... (photo: AP / Toussaint Kluiters, Pool) BBC News
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