EU austerity policies risk civil war in Greece, warns top German economist Dr Sinn

Hans-Werner Sinn, head of Germany's prestigious IFO Institute, said it was impossible to cut wages and prices by 30pc without major riots.
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“This tragedy does not have a solution,” said Hans-Werner Sinn, head of the prestigious IFO Institute in Munich.

Primary schools short of 350,000 places

The projected rise in numbers has led to warnings that children starting school in the next few years will face classes of more than 30 pupils Photo: ALAMY
Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, has been told by Whitehall officials that a surge in the birth rate has increased demand for places by about 15 per cent a year, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.

Shoes and eggs thrown at Tony Blair as he attends book signing - Telegraph

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U2 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece

U2 continue taking their innovatively-designed 360° tour, on the back of latest album, No Line On the Horizon, around the globe. This date is at Athens' Olympic Stadium

From sports to farming

Masina Fatiaki Paka took up farming after retiring from bodybuilding

SHE used to be a bodybuilding star but now she helps take care of her family and works on her family farm in Motusa Village on Rotuma.

Masina Fatiaki Paka has a farm on which she has planted pineapples, yams, cassava and dalo.
"The farm is our main source of income ....

How to Become an Internet Land Baron

When entrepreneur Juan Diego Calle asked the Colombian government to let him sell their Internet real-estate, he knew it was a long shot. The Harvard-educated Colombian native was battling over only two letters of the alphabet, but his request was tall: Let me commercialize the nation's Internet identity.

Another loss for Tuvalu

Tahiti returned to winning form at the Oceania Futsal Championships after beating Tuvalu 4-0 on Monday night.

Tahiti after losing to Fiji 0-2 in its opening match on Sunday showed in the win over Tuvalu that they should not be taken lightly by the other teams.

Kurukuru crippled Tuvalu

An emphatic 21-2 victory over Tuvalu has seen Our Telekom Kurukuru claim the OFC Futsal Championship at Vodafone Arena in Suva on Saturday evening.
Kurukuru sensation Elliot Ragomo, 19, put away seven goals – six of which came in the first period.
It is the third consecutive title for the Solomon Islands, who represented Oceania at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2008.
Coach Dickson Kadau said the results and the performances all week have confirmed they are on the right track.

New Visions of the Apocalypse (VIDEO)

"Acqua Alta in Venice, An image from "Beautiful Islands," Horizon Features"
A recent surge in apocalyptic films indicates the mood of the zeitgeist. With 2012 fast approaching, our oceans at peril and the gloom of global warming, the average recession-hit consumer cannot see past their shrinking funds to worry about other mammals going extinct.

Additional EU funding to support economic activity

By Eric van Puyvelde | Thursday 02 September 2010

The European Commission approved, on 2 September, the first two financing decisions under the €264 million 2010 allocation of the V-FLEX mechanism to help the most vulnerable African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries cope with the impact of the financial and economic crisis. The V-FLEX mechanism is a short-term instrument with a budget of €500 million for 2009-2010.