A surge of low-grade stars has thrown the celebrity world into a sub-prime crisis. Now where’s Mervyn King? Going by this weekend’s headlines, setting next year’s citizenship test should be a doddle.
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Celebrity world is in sub-prime crisis
Greece – a country that knows how to inspire your holiday mood. What to do in Greece while having your July rest? Here you don’t really need to go with some kind of “dress code” as in some parts of the Europe
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The Main Advantages of Greek Islands For July Holiday
Device disguised as gift-wrapped sweets box; as yet, no claim of responsibility for devastating explosion A parcel bomb disguised as a gift exploded last night inside the offices of the minister in charge of security in Greece, killing a senior aide who tried to open the box. The explosion was meters away from where the minister, Michalis Chrysohoidis, was sat at his desk on the seventh floor of the heavily-guarded building in Athens
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Bomb kills Greek minister’s aide
Desperate attempt to repay debts also driven by inability to find funds to develop infrastructure on islands There’s little that shouts “seriously rich” as much as a little island in the sun to call your own. For Sir Richard Branson it is Neckar in the Caribbean, the billionaire Barclay brothers prefer Brecqhou in the Channel Islands, while Aristotle Onassis married Jackie Kennedy on Skorpios, his Greek hideway. Now Greece is making it easier for the rich and famous to fulfill their dreams by preparing to sell, or offering long-term leases on, some of its 6,000 sun-kissed islands in a desperate attempt to repay its mountainous debts.
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Greece puts its islands on the market to save economy
The last time Diego Maradona faced Greece, during USA 94, he growled maniacally at the TV cameras, high on adrenaline and ephedrine, after scoring one of the goals of the tournament. This time round, however, he was content to settle for bear-hugs and wide smiles as Argentina booked a place in the last 16 for Sunday, when they will play Mexico at Soccer City. Despite dominating possession, Argentina struggled to find a path through the labyrinths laid down by Greece’s niggly, nine-men-behind-the-ball defence
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Maradona sets sights on Mexico as bandwagon rolls on
Harry Kewell was sent off early on but Ghana failed to take advantage in a ragged match Full time: Ghana 1-1 Australia It’s a noble draw for Australia, who had 10 men for more than an hour, but it leaves their hopes hanging by a thread.
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Ghana v Australia – LIVE
Press that there auto-refresh button for the latest updates. And why not email barney.ronay@guardian.co.uk with your thoughts or catch up with Sean Ingle’s live blog 80 mins: Lovely whipped all in from the Greek right wing and Smaras can only shin it wildly over the bar. That was a decent chance
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LIVE – Greece v Nigeria
• Chinese sign multibillion euro contracts with Greece • News come hours after Greek debt downgrade Greece’s debt-ridden economy has received unexpected endorsement from China as the two countries announced multibillion euro accords to boost cooperation in fields as diverse as shipping, tourism and telecommunications. The deals, which will see Greek olive oil being exported to China, were a welcome relief for a government smarting over Moody’s move hours earlier to downgrade the nation’s credit rating to junk
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Greece gets support from China
• Deputy PM says public sector pensions bill must come down • Economic growth revised to 2.6% from Labour figure of 3-3.5% Far-reaching action is needed to tackle Britain’s deficit, Nick Clegg said today as the Office for Budget Responsibility revised economic growth predictions down to 2.6% from Labour’s figure of 3-3.5%.
Party that wants to split Belgium won a parliamentary election, a result that could complicate efforts to form a coalition that can deliver reforms of the state A party that wants to split Belgium won a parliamentary election tonight, a result that could complicate efforts to form a coalition that can deliver reforms of the state and tight budgetary control. Projections and early results showed the Flemish separatist N-VA (New Flemish Alliance), which advocates the gradual dissolution of Belgium, was to be the largest party in Dutch-speaking Flanders and the country. Flemish public broadcaster VRT estimated it would win 30 of the 150 seats in the lower house of parliament, from just eight until now
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Flemish separatists win in Belgium