Greece can’t be helped if doesn’t help itself: Germany

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said on Thursday that Europe and the International Monetary Fund were still determined to help Greece, but the country could not be helped if it did not help itself. “There is a clear determination in the European Union, the euro zone and the International Monetary Fund to do whatever is necessary to help Greece. But whether Greece is ready to do what is necessary – only the Greek people can decide. …

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Colts make Harnish final choice of 2012 draft

Mr. Irrelevant suddenly has a whole new meaning for Chandler Harnish.

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Airlines’ treatment of passengers slowly improves

Air travelers who have endured lost bags, delayed flights, lousy service and getting bumped from full planes might want to scream at the entire airline industry. But flying actually is getting better, when measured by these benchmarks, say private researchers who have analyzed federal data on airline performance.

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Deutsche Bank CEO target of suspicious envelope: police (Reuters)

Reuters – German police are investigating a suspicious envelope that was sent to the chief executive of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann on Wednesday.

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Oakland strike: For Occupy protesters, frenzied rumors before march on port (The Christian Science Monitor)

The Christian Science Monitor – With the eyes of the international Occupy movement turned toward Oakland Wednesday, protesters and officials did their earnest best to justify the intense scrutiny. Despite a flurry of exhortations, misinformation and official press conferences – what ensued for most of the day was a largely peaceful protest by hundreds of marchers.

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Wall Street protests go global; riots hit Rome (Reuters)

Reuters – Anti-greed protesters rallied globally on Saturday, denouncing bankers and politicians over the international economic crisis, with violence rocking Rome where cars were torched and bank windows smashed.

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Merkel warns against Greek default, euro exit (Reuters)

Reuters – German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday that Europe was doing everything in its power to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debt and cautioned that an exit from the euro zone would unleash “domino effects” and should be avoided at all costs.

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Britain’s Cameron faces grilling on hacking crisis (Reuters)

Reuters – British Prime Minister David Cameron will be grilled by parliament on Wednesday about his decision to employ a former tabloid newspaper editor caught up in a phone-hacking scandal that has rocked Britain’s establishment.

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New allegations besiege Murdoch media empire (AP)

AP – Rupert Murdoch’s media empire was besieged Monday by accusations that two more of his British newspapers engaged in hacking, deception and privacy violations that included accessing former Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s bank account information and stealing the medical records of his seriously ill baby son.

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Shuttle delivers ton of groceries to space station (AP)

AP – The International Space Station got a year’s worth of groceries in a giant shopping cart Monday, courtesy of the astronauts on NASA’s final shuttle flight.

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