Time to Admit Defeat: Greece Can No Longer Delay Euro Zone Exit

 A very detailed brief for Greek exit from Der Spiegel: 

 

After Greek voters rejected austerity in last week’s election, plunging the country into a political crisis, Europe has been searching for a Plan B for Greece. It’s time to admit that the EU/IMF rescue plan has failed. Greece’s best hopes now lie in a return to the drachma. By SPIEGEL Staff

 

There are many things Alexis Tsipras likes about Germany. The leader of [...]

Norway killer wanted to capture, behead PM on video

KARL RITTER
Oslo— The Associated Press
Published Thursday, Apr. 19, 2012 5:08AM EDT
Last updated Thursday, Apr. 19, 2012 9:13AM EDT

Confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik planned to capture and decapitate former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland during his shooting massacre on Utoya island, he said Thursday.

Mr. Breivik told a court in Oslo that he planned to film the beheading and post the video on the Internet. Mr. Brundtland had already left the Labor Party’s [...]

Norway massacre suspect announces he ‘doesn’t recognize court’ as trial begins | Fox News

A right-wing fanatic admitted Monday to unleashing a bomb-and-shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway but pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, saying he was acting in self-defense.

On the first day of his long-awaited trial, Anders Behring Breivik defiantly rejected the authority of the court as it sought to assign responsibility for the July 22 attacks that shocked Norway and jolted the image of terrorism in Europe.

Dressed in a [...]

Traumatized Norway tries to return to normality

(Reuters) – Jittery Norwegians tried to restore some normality on Wednesday after mass killings by a far-right zealot traumatized the nation, but a security alert forced the evacuation of Oslo station, keeping nerves on edge.

Norway’s domestic intelligence chief said she believed Anders Behring Breivik had acted alone in killing 76 people in a bomb attack and shooting spree, and contested an assertion by [...]

Norway mass killer wants time in court to tell why he killed at least 93 people in dual attacks – @Reuters_TopNews

(Reuters) – Anders Behring Breivik wants to tell Norway and the World why he killed at least 93 people in a bomb attack and shooting rampage when he appears in court on Monday, his lawyer said.

Calling himself a crusader against a tide of Islam in a rambling 1,500-page online manifesto, the 32-year-old mass murderer wants the opportunity to explain actions he deemed “atrocious, but [...]

Bombings in China come as officials are increasingly anxious about social unrest – LA Times

Damaged vehicles at a blast site near the Linchuan district government building in Fuzhou, China. (Xinhua, Reuters / May 26, 2011)

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