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EDITORIAL: Death of the euro

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES - The Washington Times

An enraged Kratos (so what else is new?) stars in the video game God of War: Ascension.

Zadzooks: God of War: Ascension review

By Joseph Szadkowski - The Washington Times

Rehhagel picked to make Germany popular in Greece

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press

Swiss Red Cross cuts blood supply to broke Greece

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

Police: 7 foreigners kidnapped in north Nigeria

By Jon Gambrell and Shehu Saulawa - Associated Press

BILIRAKIS AND DEUTCH: Hellenic-Israeli partnership strengthens democracy

By Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis and Rep. Ted Deutch

Christos P. Panagopoulos (J.M. Eddins/The Washington Times)

Greece swamped by illegals from North Africa, Mideast

By Shaun Waterman - The Washington Times

Striking metro workers stand under a banner that reads: "Strike 8th Day'' at the the central depot in Athens, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Greece’s conservative prime minister is holding emergency meeting after a deadline for striking public transport workers expired, leaving Athens’ subway system closed for an eighth day. Strikers protesting pay cuts refused to return to work Thursday despite a court decision declaring their protest illegal. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek government takes hard line with strikers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Illustration Constitutional Prayer by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

GACEK: No appeal to heaven unless a judge approves the prayer

By Chris Gacek

**FILE** Health workers protest outside a hospital in Pamplona, Spain, on Jan. 8, 2013, against austerity measures. Spain Treasury says it plans to borrow some euro 230 billion ($300 billion) in 2013, down from euro 250 billion last year, and expects a more relaxed year in interest rates compared to 2012 when it came close to seeking a sovereign bailout. (Associated Press)

Economist: Too much belt-tightening risky for global economy

By Tim Devaney - The Washington Times

**FILE** Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou talks to the media during a press conference on May 2, 2010, in Athens. (Associated Press)

Greek ex-finance minister caught up in scandal

By Fanis Karabatzakis - Associated Press

Transparency International chairwoman Huguette Labelle is seen during her meeting with Hungarian Prime Gordon Bajnai, not seen, in the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Labelle arrived to Hungary to meet top Hungarian politicians to discuss issues of corruption. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)

Survey: Greece seen as most corrupt in EU

By David Rising - Associated Press

Health officials: Athens has spiraling HIV crisis

By ELENA BECATOROS - Associated Press

Illustration Hoping for Recovery by John Camejo for The Washington Times

ROHAC: Eurozone recovery necessitates reform

By Dalibor Rohac

Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras speaks to the media as he arrives for a meeting of eurozone finance ministers in Brussels on Monday, Nov. 26, 2012. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Greek bankruptcy averted — for now

By Nicholas Paphitis and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

World Briefs: Tehran hosts talks on Syrian crisis

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Agri, a Kurd from Syria who gave only his first name, said he fled his country due to fighting a few months ago. He said he was attacked in Athens as he walked home one night recently. Human rights and immigrant groups say there has been an increase in racist attacks in Greece over the last year, as the country struggles through a protracted financial crisis. (Associated Press)

Dark-skinned migrants in Greece singled out

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Protesters march past a closed shop during a union demonstration Wednesday in Thessaloniki, Greece. Officials announced Europe has been in the second leg of a double-dip recession since the fourth quarter of last year. The overall European unemployment rate is at a record-high 11.6 percent, and it is hovering around 25 percent in Greece and Spain. (Associated Press)

Europe confirms double-dip recession

By Patrice Hill - The Washington Times

Police officers try to push protesters back onto the pavement Nov. 14, 2012, after they blocked traffic on Oxford Street in London while demonstrating against the dismissal of 28 workers employed by contractors on the Crossrail transport project, whom they say were fired for being trade union members. (Associated Press)

Austerity protests stall several European nations

By Raf Casert - Associated Press