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• Romania's government collapses after protests

  that the government put in place in exchange for a 20 billion ($26 billion) loan from the International Monetary Fund , the European Union and the World Bank in 2009, to help pay salaries and pensions after its economy shrank by more than 7 percent.In 2010, 2/6/12 Read more »

• China bars its airlines from paying EU carbon tax

  the scheme on non-EU airlines," Xinhua quoted a statement by the Civil Aviation Administration of China as saying.The European Union ambassador to Beijing, Markus Ederer, defended the charges as consistent with Europe's efforts to be a "green leader" in curbing 2/6/12 Read more »

• Hopes of Greek progress shores up markets

  its second bailout package this week. Late Monday, following the agreement by a large majority of countries in the European Union to sign a new treaty designed to stop overspending in the eurozone, Greece's Prime Minister Lucas Papademos indicated that progress   Read more »

• 25 EU nations to sign treaty to stop overspending

  All European Union countries, except Britain and the Czech Republic, agreed Monday to sign up to a new treaty designed to stop overspending on the eurozone and put an end to the bloc's crippling debt crisis, while also pledging to stimulate growth across t   Read more »

• Ahmadinejad: Iran ready for new talks

  UN Security Council members plus Germany. Ahmadinejad gave no further details about a potential timetable or venue. The European Union 's foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton , had welcomed the proposals to restart talks but urged Tehran to bring "some concrete   Read more »

Around the web

• Merkel and Sarkozy Address Syria, Greece and French Election

  PARIS — The leaders of Germany and France , meeting here on Monday, pledged not to allow Russia and China to block international action to stop the bloodshed in Syria , and promised to help the Syrian people. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and Presi 2/6/12 from The New York Times Read more »

• EU's unreasonable charge

  The Chinese government is clear-cut in its attitude towards the European Union's carbon emission charges on flights into and out of airports in EU member countries. As the Civil Aviation Administration of China announced on Monday, the government does no 2/6/12 from China Daily Read more »

• China growth estimate for 2012 cut to 8.25%

  Containers being loaded at a dock in Haikou, capital city of Hainan province. IMF officials say some modest financial support for the Chinese economy is warranted in light of the risk of a global downturn. Provided to China Daily IMF also downgrades pros 2/6/12 from China Daily Read more »

• Plans for euro exit under review, says EU commissioner

  CONTINGENCY: GREEK EU commissioner Maria Damanaki has said contingency plans for her country to leave the euro if it defaults are under examination. Ms Damanaki, who holds the fisheries portfolio, told the Greek newspaper To Vima tis Kyriakis that such o 2/6/12 from Irish Times Read more »

• Crippling cutbacks force Romanian premier to quit

  Romania's Prime Minister became the latest victim of the austerity measures beings implemented across European Union nations yesterday when he resigned following of weeks of protests over spending cuts. Emil Boc made a televised speech saying that he had 2/6/12 from The Independent Read more »