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The World's Most Impressive High Speed ?Bullet? Trains

The French TGV High Speed Train
The European Union defines High speed trains, also called Bullet trains for their appearance, with a speed limit of up to 250 kilometers per hour; while in the United States, Federal Railroad Administration identifies speed above 177 kilometers per hour for high speed trains.

Europe's "Marshall Plan" for Greece May Disappoint

Angela Merkel
Europe is promising to help kick-start economic growth in Greece as a way of dragging the country out of its debt crisis, but the scheme looks likely to move too slowly to have much impact in the next couple of years.
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Swiss franc hit all-time high vs USD

The U.S. dollar remained on the defensive in early Asia-Pacific having hit record lows on the safe-haven Swiss franc as the market awaited the latest attempt by President Barack Obama to break the deadlock on debt talks.
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ECB's Trichet confident Greek crisis a one-off

Greece's sovereign debt crisis will prove unique in the euro zone and will not spread to other countries, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said in a newspaper interview on Friday.
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Nowotny breaks ranks with ECB hard line on Greece

A rescue package for Greece could involve a short-term default without disastrous repercussions for the euro zone, Austria's central bank governor said, the first sign of a crack in the European Central Bank's hard line.
Five-tael (6.65 ounces or 190 grams) gold bars are seen at a jewellery store in Hong Kong in this April 21, 2011 illustration photo.

Gold Hits Fresh Record; Debt Ceiling Stalemate, EU Crisis to Give Tailwinds

Spot gold prices touched a new record high of $1598.41 on Monday, extending the longest rally in about 40 years. The latest wind in the tail came from worsening worries of a European sovereign crisis and the painful stalemate in the US debt ceiling talks that has raised the specter of an unprecedented Treasury default.
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Spain will avoid Black Monday on markets: EBA

Markets won't punish Spain on Monday even though the majority of banks that failed Europe-wide stress tests were Spanish, the head of the European Banking Authority said in an interview.
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ECB's Bini Smaghi favours EFSF debt buybacks

Allowing the EFSF bailout mechanism to buy back bonds from the secondary market would help deal with Europe's debt crisis, European Central Bank Executive Board member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi told a Greek newspaper.
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Euro zone summit on Greece called for July 21

Euro zone leaders will meet in Brussels on July 21 to discuss a second bailout package for Greece and the financial stability of the euro area, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said on Friday.
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Honor Killings: The Scourge of Turkey (Part 2)

Honor crimes are rooted in ancient tribal customs whereby the “honor” of a family or a whole village is represented by the morality, chastity and proper behavior of its women. Any perceived violation of that sense of honor often leads to deadly consequences.
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Rescue fund not big enough for Italy: German paper

The existing European rescue fund now in place is not large enough to protect Italy as it was never designed to do that, an unnamed European Central Bank source was quoted telling Die Welt newspaper on Sunday.

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