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BBC News - Greece bailout: Eurozone ministers set new conditions
Three tough new conditions are to be imposed on a Eurozone bailout deal for Greece, after a finance ministers' meeting in Brussels.Read more50 minutes agoBBC News - Spain Judge Baltasar Garzon vows to fight conviction
Spain's most prominent judge, Baltasar Garzon, vows to fight his conviction and 11-year suspension from the judiciary for authorising prison phonetapping.Read more2 hours 11 minutes agoBBC News - Scientists prove how to make your bubbles last longer
French researchers from the University of Rein have discovered that the shape of the glass may affect our experience of drinking champagne.Read moreon Thu Feb 9 4:00 PMLetters: Boris's attack on the Irish is out of touch | Politics
Over the years a range of individuals and organisations have worked positively in London to tackle myths, ignorance and prejudice about the Irish community. Yet in this week's New Statesman, Boris Johnson attacks a major, mainstream, Irish...Read moreon Thu Feb 9 3:27 PMAfter Accord in Athens, Uncertainties Loom for Europe
The Greek debt deal opens the door to new uncertainties in Europe, which could once again revive the crisis atmosphere.Read more
Eurozone crisis: Greeks try to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory | Business
| on Thu, Feb 9, 3:20 PM
Dissenters began to attack new belt-tightening measures to enable Greece to get its €130bn rescue almost as soon as the deal was done In the end the squabbling political leaders in Athens did what they were always going to do: they opted to save...Read moreon Thu Feb 9 2:03 PMGreek debt deal sparks protests and a strike
Their political leaders may be breathing a sigh of relief. However, Greeks protesting outside parliament are far from happy that a deal has been…Read more
Guerlain perfumer regrets 'imbecilic' remarks, racism trial hears | World news
| on Thu, Feb 9, 2:00 PM
Jean-Paul Guerlain's comments on French TV in 2010 triggered street protests and legal action by anti-racism groupsA leading perfumer for the French perfume firm Guerlain has appeared in court on racism charges after he said in a television...Read moreon Thu Feb 9 1:59 PMRenault’s low-cost Moroccan factory upsets politicians
France's Renault has opened a giant factory in Morocco to build low-cost vehicles. The salaries of workers at the plant near Tangiers amount to…Read moreon Thu Feb 9 1:47 PM‘The Island President Deposed’ - NYTimes.com
The filmmaker Jon Shenk presents a portrait of Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically-elected president of the Maldives and an environmental activist, who was deposed on Feb. 7.Read more
