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As analysts start to look at what would happen if Greece leaves the eurozone, its wealthier citizens have taken matters into their own hands. Vast amounts of money are being invested in countries outside the eurozone. Billions are estimated to be tied up in the UK. Al Jazeera's Peter Greste reports from London. Source: Al Jazeera Email Print Share Send Feedback Featured on Al Jazeera Lover Boys This is the story of Ibrahim, a Dutch-Moroccan man tackling the taboo problem of sex-trafficking within his community. Plutonomy and the precariat: On the history of the US economy in decline The current US economy is built on 'growing worker insecurity' - people who are too busy and poor to make...

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The euro fell for a third week against the dollar, reaching a four-month low, after the failure of Greek leaders to form a government increased concern the debt crisis may spread to other nations in the monetary union. The 17-nation currency dropped for a fourth week against the yen as investors await a June 17 election in Greece and amid a Group of Eight nations’ leaders meeting that began yesterday. Higher-yielding currencies, including Brazil’s real, slumped as increased concern about the euro crisis damped demand for risk. The yen rose to a three-month high against the greenback before a Bank of Japan meeting May 23. “Given the recent past for Greece, investors are going to remain...

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Associated PressAssociated PressPosted: 05/18/2012 08:01:32 PM PDTMay 19, 2012 3:4 AM GMTUpdated: 05/18/2012 08:02:38 PM PDT Nanette Ann Packard, 46, right, is escorted in handcuffs out of Superior Court Judge William Froeberg's courtroom at the Orange County Superior Court in Santa Ana, Calif. on Friday, May 18,...

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By Jack E. Christensendailynews.comPosted: 05/18/2012 06:41:06 PM PDTMay 19, 2012 1:50 AM GMTUpdated: 05/18/2012 06:49:23 PM PDT 1 Plant tomatoes, if you haven't already done it. They will start producing...

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The operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be the biggest of its kind, at a cost reported to be at least $300m, according to salvage firms and the...

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The event, in the waters of the Italian city, will close tomorrow. It is one of several venues for the America's Cup World Series, which features tight, short...

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There has been a lot of introspection in Norway in the year following the attacks carried out by Anders Behring Breivik. The country's justice system has been subject to intensive scrutiny, and foreigners might be forgiven for assuming that public opinion on crime and punishment had hardened. But according to the junior minister for justice, Kristin Bergersen, it has not. "I think the debate we are seeing in Norway right now establishes that we have the right values and the right system for punishment here," she says. Continue reading the main story “Start Quote If this wasn't a prison, the Norwegian government could rent it out for holidays” End Quote Morten...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New French President Francois Hollande told President Barack Obama on Friday that he will stick by his pledge to withdraw France's troops from Afghanistan at year's end, a note of discord in an otherwise convivial first meeting between the two leaders. "I reminded President Obama that I made a promise to the French people to the effect that our combat troops would be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2012," Hollande said after Oval Office talks with Obama. "That being said, we will continue to support Afghanistan in a different way," he said. ...

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By JEFF MARTIN, Associated PressAssociated PressPosted: 05/18/2012 03:15:34 PM PDTMay 18, 2012 10:20 PM GMTUpdated: 05/18/2012 03:18:19 PM PDT Aimee Copeland, a 24-year-old Georgia graduate student, is fighting to survive a flesh-eating bacterial infection. Copeland has learned she will lose her hands and remaining foot, and responded by saying "Let's do this." (AP Photo/Copeland Family) ATLANTA -- Faced with the prospect of losing both hands and her one remaining foot, a young Georgia woman battling to survive a case of flesh-eating bacteria that has already claimed one leg mouthed the words "Let's do this." Aimee Copeland, 24, "shed no tears, she never batted an eyelash," her...

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GARBAGNATE MILANESE — A rapt crowd gathered in this drab town in the Milanese hinterland one evening this week to hear the Italian comedian Beppe Grillo serve up his characteristically caustic take on Italian politics. And he did not disappoint them. Connect With Us on Twitter Follow @nytimesworld for international breaking news and headlines. Twitter List: Reporters and Editors “Take away money from politics,” he barked, as the crowd tittered. “Take away the careers. If someone wants to make money or steal, well, they should choose another job.” With no financial gain, he said, “politics becomes about passion.” Mr. Grillo pointed to the row of...

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