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A member of Italy’s metalworkers union Fiom looks at a banner during a demonstration in Rome, May 18, 2013. (REUTERS/Stefano Rellandini)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 18, 2013 | World
Rome, Reuters—Thousands of people protested in Rome on Saturday against austerity policies and high unemployment, urging new Prime Minister Enrico Letta to focus on creating jobs to help pull the country out of recession. “We hope that this government will...
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A woman walking past a branch of the Bank of Cyprus branch in Nicosia, Cyprus 27 March 2013 as the country’s banks remain closed. (EPA/KATIA CHRISTODOULOU)
by Ali Ibrahim | Mar 27, 2013 | Opinion
If, just a few years ago, someone had prophesied the current economic state of affairs, nobody would have believed them. It would have been unbelievable that an economic crisis could arise whereby a country would be forced to close its banks for over a week, ATM...
