League Photos Soccer Sport Star Canberra Times Ronaldo's Messi boast | Hot shot: Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo has described himself as a better player than Argentine ace Lionel Messi. Photo: Reuters | REAL Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo insisted he was '... (photo: AP / Daniel Tejedor)
The New York Times Luxury Liner’s Removal to Begin Off Italian Coast | ROME — One of the most expensive and challenging salvage operations ever planned, the removal of the luxury liner Costa Concordia from granite rocks off the Tuscan coast, where it ran aground ... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia) Accident Italy Luxury Photos Tourism Wikipedia: Costa Concordia France24 Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain | AFP - Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the United States. | The Group of Eigh... (photo: AP / AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG) Eurozone G8 Greece Photos Wikipedia: 38th G8 summit Top Stories BBC News Merkel 'suggests Greek referendum on euro membership' German leader Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece could hold a referendum on continued use of the euro when it votes in national elections next month, Greek officials... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) Euro Germany Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis Reuters Europe stocks suffer worst week since September | * FTSEurofirst 300 ends down 1.1 pct | * Index loses 5.1 pct on the week, worst week since Sept | * Banks rally on speculation of renewed short selling ban | * Data sho... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Economy Market Photos Stock Wikipedia: FTSEurofirst 300 Index The Boston Globe World stock markets sink on US, Europe worries | BANGKOK-World stocks fell Friday after credit downgrades slapped on Spanish banks unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currency... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Economy Markets Photos Stock Wikipedia: DAX Palm Beach Post Asia stock markets sink on US, Europe worries | BANGKOK — Asian stocks dived Friday after discouraging U.S. economic reports unnerved investors already worried about the stability of the 17-country euro currenc... (photo: Public Domain / IFCAR) Economy Markets Photos Stock Wikipedia: Toyota Xinhua Moody's lowers rating of 16 Spanish banks | MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Risk Qualification agency Moody's lowered its rating of 16 Spanish banks late on Thursday evening. | The move came after a difficult day on t... (photo: AP / Paul White) Financial crisis Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Jakarta Post EU confident Europe will overcome crisis | The head of the European Union Commission told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that he is "fully confident" the 17 countries using the euro and all European insti... (photo: EC / EC) BAnking Commission EU Finance Photos The Independent Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro | Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece coul... (photo: AP / Carl Court) Economy Europe Photos UK Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Al Jazeera Fitch downgrades Greece on euro exit fears | Fitch, a leading credit ratings agency, has downgraded Greece a notch to CCC "vulnerable to default" rating, citing the heightened risk that the country might have to l... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Economy Eurozone Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis The New York Times 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) Awards Cannes Celebrity Photos Wikipedia: Bill Murray The Independent 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) Financial Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: Mariano Rajoy
