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A tax police officer squats Oct. 24, 2012, next to a confiscated Ferrari at the Guardia di Finanza quarters in Pescara, Italy. (Associated Press/Courtesy of the Guardia di Finanza)

Beating tax cheats key to Italy’s recovery plan

By Frances D'Emilio - Associated Press

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Stocks fall in uneven trading; Home Depot soars

By Daniel Wagner - Associated Press

A municipal worker participating in a anti-austerity rally sits Nov. 9, 2012, in central Athens in front of the National Bank of Greece building, underneath graffiti reading in Greek "All to the streets yesterday." (Associated Press)

Greece raises over $5 billion ahead of repayment

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Extreme far-right Golden Dawn party lawmaker Ilias Panagiotaros speaks Oct. 26, 2012, at his shop in central Athens, explaining his party's policies and rejects accusations that it has been involved in racist attacks in Greece. (Associated Press)

On streets of Athens, racist attacks increase

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Mario Draghi, at the time a candidate to head the European Central Bank, to the chancellery in Berlin in June 2011. Much of the credit for the easing of Europe’s financial crisis has been given to Mr. Draghi’s leadership. For her part, Mrs. Merkel has backed the ECB’s bond-buying plan, made conciliatory statements toward Greece and spoken forcefully about keeping the eurozone together. (Associated Press)

Signs point to healing in eurozone

By David McHugh and Don Melvin - Associated Press

Briefly: Irish voters approve measure on children’s rights

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (center) speaks June 29, 2012, with European Central Bank President Mario Draghi (left) and Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti during a round-table meeting at a EU Summit in Brussels. (Associated Press)

After 3 bumpy years, Europe turns corner on crisis

By David McHugh and Don Melvin - Associated Press

Police fences protect the Greek parliament in central Athens on Nov. 5, 2012, ahead of a 48-hour nationwide general strike. Greece is facing three days of escalating anti-austerity strikes, with state hospital doctors, taxi drivers, transport workers and journalists walking off the job. (Associated Press)

Greek unions start 3 days of anti-austerity action

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Anastasia Mouzakiti (center), a paraplegic from the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, came with her husband to Athens to protest outside the Greek parliament on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Hit by crisis, Greek society in free fall

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greek bondholders stand at the entrance to Greece's central bank during a protest in Athens on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Dissent hits Greek coalition before austerity vote

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World Briefs: Japanese ships confronted again near disputed islands

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Eurozone debt hits 90% of economy

By Pan Pylas - Associated Press

Illustration EU Greek by John Camejo for The Washington Times

PATTERSON AND BROWN: Greece’s grim future portends Western decline

By Matt Patterson and Crissy Brown

World Briefs: Yemeni security official killed in capital

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

**FILE** A sign marks Wall Street in New York. (Associated Press)

Market flatlines, pulled by jobless claims, Europe

By Christina Rexrode - Associated Press

Protesters kick a police barrier in front of the Parliament during German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to Athens on Tuesday. She says Greece has covered “much of the ground” needed for recovery, but some 50,000 demonstrators see the visit as a harbinger of more austerity and hardship. (Associated Press)

Merkel visit met with protests in Greece

By Nicholas Paphitis and Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak before their meeting at the Maximos mansion in Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, Pool)

Merkel gets hostile reception on Greek visit

By Derek Gatopoulos and Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

Economy Briefs: German minister signals no letup on Greek austerity

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

“Natural gas exploitation could be a very strong incentive for reunification of the island,” said Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis. (Associated Press)

Fuel riches could bring Cypriots to table

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

**FILE** German Chancellor Angela Merkel (left) talks Aug. 24 2012, to Prime Minister of Greece Antonis Samaras during a welcome ceremony at the chancellery in Berlin. (Associated Press/dapd/Maja Hitij)

Germany’s Merkel to visit Greece next week

By Geir Moulson - Associated Press