Wednesday, 17 November 2010

Ireland's Debt Crisis Could Kill the European Union Stone Dead

By Mail Foreign Service

The debt crisis facing Ireland, Greece and Portugal could threaten the future of the whole European Union, EU President Herman Van Rompuy warned today.



Ireland's debt crisis could kill the European Union stone dead, EU president warns:

He spoke out as finance ministers tried to keep Ireland's market turmoil from triggering a domino effect that could topple other vulnerable nations and rock the region's currency union.

More US households short of food:

US authorities say that figure is the highest they have seen since they began collecting data in the 1990s