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Greek police say no bomb in Hungary embassy package (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Members of Yemen's U.S.-trained counter-terrorism force raid a house during field training near Sanaa November 9, 2010.   Yemen needs more help from its allies to combat al Qaeda, its foreign minister said, after the militant group said it had been responsible for sending U.S.-bound parcel bombs on two aircraft. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah (YEMEN - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST MILITARY)Reuters - A suspicious package found at the Hungarian embassy in Athens on Tuesday contained no explosives, Greek police said.


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Plane package for Italy PM catches fire: police source (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Reuters - A package addressed to Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi found on a cargo plane from Athens caught fire when police opened it, an Italian police source said Wednesday.

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Explosives found in package sent to Merkel’s office (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Reuters - German police Tuesday intercepted a package containing explosives sent from Greece to Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin after a series of parcel bomb attacks in Athens by…

Suspect package found at Merkel’s office (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Reuters - German police found a suspicious package in the post at Chancellor Angela Merkel’s office in Berlin on Tuesday, a government spokesman said. Merkel was not in the building…

Merkel: $1 trillion rescue package only buys time (AP)

May 16th, 2010

German Chancellor Angela Merkel adresses the audience at the Congress of the German Labor Union, DGB, in Berlin, Germany, Sunday, May, 16, 2010.  Merkel also discussed the consequences of the Greek debt crisis for the eurozone. (AP Photo/dapd/Berthold Stadler)AP - The euro750 billion ($1 trillion) shock-and-awe rescue package to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading only bought eurozone countries more time, it didn’t solve their underlying debt…

EU creates $1 trillion package to save euro (AP)

May 10th, 2010

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - The European Union spearheaded a $1 trillion plan Monday to contain Europe’s spreading debt crisis and keep it from tearing the euro currency apart and derailing the global…

EU sets massive defense package for embattled euro (AP)

May 10th, 2010

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - The European Union and the International Monetary Fund pledged nearly $1 trillion Monday to defend the embattled euro, hoping to repel relentless attacks on the weakest of Europe’s…

EU ministers agree on euro defense package (AP)

May 9th, 2010

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde, right, greets Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou during an emergency meeting of EU finance ministers in Brussels, Sunday, May 9, 2010. EU finance ministers meet in Brussels Sunday to discuss establishing a new 'stabilisation mechanism' to prevent the Greek debt crisis from spreading. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)AP - Spain’s Finance Minister says an agreement has been reached on a defense package of up to euro720 billion for the embattled euro involving the EU and the International…

Greece awaits rescue package, protesters decry cuts (Reuters)

May 1st, 2010

Reuters - Greece hopes to secure a deal with the European Union and the IMF for a multi-billion euro financial bailout to be announced on Sunday, a day after thousands…