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<description><![CDATA[Cyprus' bailout deal is the fifth agreed on so far in the 17-strong group of European Union countries that use the euro since the debt crisis began in late 2009.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17455692-a-look-at-the-eurozones-5-bailouts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/25/17455692-a-look-at-the-eurozones-5-bailouts</guid><category>european-union</category><category>world-news</category><category>eurozone</category><category>bailouts</category><pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:38:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0aaf987e-abef-4ce3-95b5-e8fb2695537e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="226" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0aaf987e-abef-4ce3-95b5-e8fb2695537e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;From left, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, Dutch Finance Minister and chief of the eurogroup Jeroen Dijsselbloem and EU Commissioner for Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn participate in a media conference after an emergency eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday, March 25, 2013. After failing for a week to find a solution at home to a crisis that could force it into bankruptcy, Cypriot politicians were turning to the European Union on Sunday in a last-ditch effort to help the island nation forge a viable plan to secure an international bailout. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pro-bailout party has edge in Greek vote</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12268265-pro-bailout-party-has-edge-in-greek-vote</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12268265-pro-bailout-party-has-edge-in-greek-vote</guid><category>election</category><category>greece</category><category>exit</category><category>eurozone</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>greece's</category><category>new-democracy</category><category>pro-bailout</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 19:19:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/reuters/2012-06-17t052238z_350094945_gm2e86h112a01_rtrmadp_3_greece-election.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/reuters/2012-06-17t052238z_350094945_gm2e86h112a01_rtrmadp_3_greece-election.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The pro-bailout New Democracy party came in first Sunday in Greece's national election, and its leader has proposed forming a pro-euro coalition government.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pro-bailout party has edge in Geek vote</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12267998-pro-bailout-party-has-edge-in-geek-vote</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/17/12267998-pro-bailout-party-has-edge-in-geek-vote</guid><category>election</category><category>greece</category><category>exit</category><category>eurozone</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>greece's</category><category>new-democracy</category><category>pro-bailout</category><pubDate>Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:26:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/reuters/2012-06-17t052238z_350094945_gm2e86h112a01_rtrmadp_3_greece-election.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/reuters/2012-06-17t052238z_350094945_gm2e86h112a01_rtrmadp_3_greece-election.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The pro-bailout New Democracy party came in first Sunday in Greece's national election, and its leader has proposed forming a pro-euro coalition government.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Spain to seek bailout; up to $125 billion on table</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12141992-spain-to-seek-bailout-up-to-125-billion-on-table</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12141992-spain-to-seek-bailout-up-to-125-billion-on-table</guid><category>economy</category><category>audits</category><category>partners</category><category>eurozone</category><category>seek</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>undertaken</category><category>country's</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:53:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120609_spain-protest.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120609_spain-protest.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Spain will seek financial help from its Eurozone partners but exactly how much won't be known until private audits are undertaken, the country's economy minister announced.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>$125 billion bailout for Spain?</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12152186-125-billion-bailout-for-spain</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12152186-125-billion-bailout-for-spain</guid><category>economy</category><category>audits</category><category>partners</category><category>eurozone</category><category>seek</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>undertaken</category><category>country's</category><category>altspain</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2012 17:53:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120609_spain-protest.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="194" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/120609_spain-protest.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Spain will seek financial help from its Eurozone partners but exactly how much won't be known until private audits are undertaken, the country's economy minister announced.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Moody's may lower European sovereign debt ratings</title>
<description><![CDATA[Moody's Investors Service said Friday that it may consider downgrading debt ratings for some eurozone nations if Spain seeks a bailout for its banking sector or Greece ends up dropping the euro as its national currency.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12130468-moodys-may-lower-european-sovereign-debt-ratings</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12130468-moodys-may-lower-european-sovereign-debt-ratings</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>moody-investors-service</category><category>moody</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2012 00:03:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>How Europe's debt crisis is affecting US economy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Europe's crisis is having a broad effect on the U.S. economy. Some key areas:]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12127584-how-europes-debt-crisis-is-affecting-us-economy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/08/12127584-how-europes-debt-crisis-is-affecting-us-economy</guid><category>us</category><category>glance</category><category>crisis</category><category>obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Fri, 8 Jun 2012 19:37:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>G7 meets as Spain warns time is running short</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12066813-g7-meets-as-spain-warns-time-is-running-short</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/05/12066813-g7-meets-as-spain-warns-time-is-running-short</guid><category>economy</category><category>spain</category><category>crisis</category><category>eurozone</category><category>threatens</category><category>industrialized</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>lifeblood</category><pubDate>Tue, 5 Jun 2012 13:01:38 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Stock market falls as Facebook makes shaky debut</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11758868-stock-market-falls-as-facebook-makes-shaky-debut</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/18/11758868-stock-market-falls-as-facebook-makes-shaky-debut</guid><category>stocks</category><category>ipo</category><category>shaky</category><category>facebook</category><category>eurozone</category><category>indexes</category><category>cautious</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>sharply</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 20:03:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Say your prayers': Bid to form Greek government fails</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11731377-say-your-prayers-bid-to-form-greek-government-fails</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/15/11731377-say-your-prayers-bid-to-form-greek-government-fails</guid><category>fears</category><category>greek</category><category>bailout</category><category>collapsed</category><category>eurozone</category><category>leftists</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>worsening</category><category>deepen</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:44:24 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>IMF chief against any breakup of Eurozone</title>
<description><![CDATA[The managing director of the International Monetary Fund says her global lending organization wants the Eurozone to stay together, not be broken up by the departure of some of its weaker nations.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11002049-imf-chief-against-any-breakup-of-eurozone</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11002049-imf-chief-against-any-breakup-of-eurozone</guid><category>financial</category><category>world</category><category>crisis</category><category>politics</category><category>international-monetary-fund</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:06:27 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>10 year old offers pizza solution to euro debt crisis</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11001108-10-year-old-offers-pizza-solution-to-euro-debt-crisis</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/03/11001108-10-year-old-offers-pizza-solution-to-euro-debt-crisis</guid><category>pizza</category><category>eurozone</category><category>metaphor</category><category>perilous</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>greece's</category><category>jurre-hermans</category><pubDate>Tue, 3 Apr 2012 14:38:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Bernanke warns of possible European 'contagion'</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10781330-bernanke-warns-of-possible-european-contagion</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/20/10781330-bernanke-warns-of-possible-european-contagion</guid><category>economy</category><category>euro</category><category>bernanke</category><category>ben</category><category>eurozone</category><category>contagion</category><category>weakness</category><category>difficulties</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:17:28 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama thanks Merkel for Greece rescue package</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has thanked German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her leadership in helping secure a Eurozone agreement to prevent a potentially disastrous fiscal default by Greece.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10468421-obama-thanks-merkel-for-greece-rescue-package</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10468421-obama-thanks-merkel-for-greece-rescue-package</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>german-chancellor-angela-merkel</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:30:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>EU calls on Germany to boost domestic demand</title>
<description><![CDATA[The European Commission says major eurozone exporters such as Germany and the Netherlands should use export earnings to boost household demand and help even out imbalances among the 16 nations that use the euro.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4094663-eu-calls-on-germany-to-boost-domestic-demand</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/31/4094663-eu-calls-on-germany-to-boost-domestic-demand</guid><category>business</category><category>economy</category><category>european-commission</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 10:52:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Merkel: eurozone expulsion should be possible</title>
<description><![CDATA[German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Wednesday there should in future be a mechanism to expel countries from the eurozone as a last resort if they persistently break its financial rules.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4029731-merkel-eurozone-expulsion-should-be-possible</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/03/17/4029731-merkel-eurozone-expulsion-should-be-possible</guid><category>business</category><category>eu</category><category>germany</category><category>german-chancellor-angela-merkel</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:41:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/41d9d0cd-95d0-4b30-ae0e-332a92418b0a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="215" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/41d9d0cd-95d0-4b30-ae0e-332a92418b0a.jpg" width="120" height="65" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen during her speech at the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to &quot;find out everything that has happened.&quot; Speaking out on Wednesday for the first time since allegations of abuse at a school linked to Berlin's Roman Catholic church initially surfaced in January, Merkel suggested compensation for victims and considering an extension on the current statute of limitations for filing claims against abusers.  (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/240b4ac5-b230-4b62-9892-845f1db2af25.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/240b4ac5-b230-4b62-9892-845f1db2af25.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;German Chancellor Angela Merkel is seen during her speech at the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Debt troubles show crisis not over for eurozone</title>
<description><![CDATA[Trouble in Greece, Ireland and Austria is making markets fret anew about the strength of Europe's economic recovery &#8212; and underlining that the crisis is not over for the decade-old currency and the 16 countries that use it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emma Vandore]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Emma Vandore]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/15/3637068-debt-troubles-show-crisis-not-over-for-eurozone</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/15/3637068-debt-troubles-show-crisis-not-over-for-eurozone</guid><category>business</category><category>woes</category><category>eurozone</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:07:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/831014ed-6c4a-453f-8873-3db7c4d8c102.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="306" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/831014ed-6c4a-453f-8873-3db7c4d8c102.jpg" width="120" height="92" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 3, 2009 file photo, Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank ECB, gestures during a press conference in Frankfurt, central Germany. Trouble in Greece, Ireland and Austria is making markets fret anew about the strength of Europe's economic recovery - and underlining that the crisis is not over for the almost 11-year-old currency and the 16 countries that use it. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9c9bd121-7ee8-4d59-90ef-0414419b6ef6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="370" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9c9bd121-7ee8-4d59-90ef-0414419b6ef6.jpg" width="120" height="166" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this March 2, 2006 file photo, the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) are seen in Frankfurt, Germany. Trouble in Greece, Ireland and Austria is making markets fret anew about the strength of Europe's economic recovery - and underlining that the crisis is not over for the almost 11-year-old currency and the 16 countries that use it. (AP Photo/Bernd Kammerer, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>