Wind mill in Sönderborg, Als
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According to AFP, Alexei Kudrin (photo), Russia’s finance minister Saturday said he expected Greece to require a restructuring of its debt by creditors. He said such a move would be acceptable for the market and insisted it would be wrong to describe the restructuring as a full-scale default by the embattled government in Athens.
Jun 19 (CP) Colombo: Representative of the Government of Japan for Peace Building, Rehabilitation, and Reconstruction in Sri Lanka, Yasushi Akashi met Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Temple Trees this morning and held discussions on the latest developments in the country. Praising the measures taken by the government to enhance the living standards of war affected people in the North, the Japanese special envoy said the government is systematically carrying out resettlement of IDPs in line with the infrastructural development in the North.
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The Denmark and Cameroon teams line up before their match at the Loftus Verfeld stadium, Pretoria. Whilst it should be an intriguing match for the neutrals, it will be a nail-biting time for the fans of both sides, as the fact that they both lost their opening games means defeat will lead to elimination from the competition
Photograph: Francois-Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty ImagesNicolas Sarkozy addressed veterans at a ceremony in London
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has completed a visit to London marking the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's defiant wartime broadcast.
After visiting the BBC radio studio where the general urged France to resist the Nazis, he expressed "eternal gratitude" for Britain's war effort.
Mr Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni met the Prince of Wales to lay wreaths at Gen de Gaulle's statue.