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French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier views an upcoming exhibition at a new museum in Yad Vashem during his visit to Israel on October 18, 2004. (UPI Photo/David Blumenfeld/POOL)
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A European decision on the extractive industries will bring a "new era of transparency" to an industry that often escapes scrutiny, an EU commissioner said.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew's two-day trip to Europe will center on increasing demand to stimulate the global economy, a senior official said.
The downgrading of its debt by Moody's led to a further downgrade of the eurozone's two bailout funds. France is becoming part of the euro's problem, rather than part of a solution.
Europe has weeks to save the euro and must create an "immediate" rescue plan, the United States and Britain plan to tell Germany Thursday, Britain said.
Europe will likely soon step up its effort to overcome the euro crisis, the White House said, as Spain said it could no longer save its banking system alone.
The euro crisis grinds on but we have learned some useful and long-denied realities.
The euro crisis is becoming surreal, in that everything that possibly could go wrong is now doing so, all at once.
The European Union commissioner for internal markets proposed an international effort to tax banks to avoid future taxpayer bailouts.
French fishermen called off a blockade of English Channel ferry ports Thursday after the government said it would release $5 million to support the industry.
European Union agriculture ministers have voted to keep United States poultry out of European market because of U.S. cleaning practices.
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