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Topic: European Union (page 12)

Shawn Pogatchnik

Associated Press

Veronika Oleksyn, Nadia Rybarova

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Brokers work under the panel of the German stock index DAX in Frankfurt, central Germany, Wednesday, April 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) (AP)

Daniel Woolls, Joseph Wilson

Spain bests Netherlands 1-0

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble makes a telephone call prior to a meeting of the cabinet at the chancellery in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Wednesday for tougher financial regulation and a crackdown on government debt, saying the future of the euro currency and a united Europe itself were at stake. Merkel urged lawmakers to pass Germany's share of a new 750 billion euro (US dlrs 1 trillion) eurozone rescue package, saying that defending the shared European currency is "about no more and no less than the preservation of the European idea." (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) (AP)

Matt Moore, Jeannine Aversa

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European Council President Herman Van Rompuy addresses the media at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, May 21, 2010. European Union finance ministers on Friday started laying out new, tougher rules for their public finances in the hopes of winning back market confidence and preventing a repeat of the debt crisis that is threatening the euro. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) (AP)

Euro slides further amid Euroepan debt crisis

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) walk together during a Euro Zone leaders summit in Brussels, May 7, 2010. Euro zone leaders agreed on Friday that they would have special measures ready before financial markets open on Monday to prevent financial turmoil in Greece spreading to other countries such as Spain and Portugal. Photo taken May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Reuters)

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Pro communist protesters march during an anti government rally in Athens on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Greek lawmakers approved a crucial austerity bill Thursday needed to tap 110 billion ($140 billion) in bailout loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund, as massive crowds gathered outside parliament to protest the measures. The bill passed with 172 votes in favor and 121 against. Greeks have been outraged by the government's proposed fiscal measures, and demonstrations turned violent on Wednesday during a nationwide general strike, leaving three people dead after becoming trapped in a burning bank torched by demonstrators. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis) (AP)

Frank Jordans, Slobodan Lekic

Republicans spit into Europe's gathering storm

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Tomoko A. Hosaka, Martin Crutsinger

Elena Becatoros

Associated Press

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