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Mar 31, 2012

GREECE News, Mar 31, 2012

GREECE: They're Not Even Trying Anymore
Business Insider
They want to make sure the money doesn't evaporate. It will be used to repay Greece's foreign creditors—their backdoor bailout being the purpose of the whole scheme. The Greek people, however, will see little of it. And Papademos, who was supposed to...
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Business Insider
Poverty-stricken Greek town hits new low
Chicago Tribune
PERAMA, Greece (Reuters) - A "humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in an impoverished Greek city where a deepening economic crisis has left thousands seeking food from an international charity more used to helping refugees and bringing aid to famine or ...
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Poverty-stricken Greek town hits new low
Chicago Tribune
PERAMA, Greece (Reuters) - A "humanitarian crisis" is unfolding in an impoverished Greek city where a deepening economic crisis has left thousands seeking food from an international charity more used to helping refugees and bringing aid to famine or ...
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Will act for food: Greek theater aids crisis needy
BusinessWeek
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Theater is meant to provide food for thought, but in aGreek city it also feeds the needy. In response to the country's acute financial crisis, the State Theater of Northern Greece has launched a series of performances where, ...
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Greek PM warns of 'devastating' switch to drachma
BusinessWeek
Greece's prime minister has warned that a return to the country's pre-euro currency, the drachma, would be "devastating" for the economy. Lucas Papademos told the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore in an interview published Friday he was confident that ...
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Greek Election Polls `Troubling,' Miller Says
Washington Post
30, 2012 - March 30 (Bloomberg) -- Thomas Miller, former US ambassador toGreece, talks about the European Union's latest agreement on sovereign-debt rescue funds and the outlook for elections in Greece. European governments capped fresh rescue lending ...
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Greece should look to Internet for recovery, says study
Moneycontrol.com
In 2010 Greece raised just 1.2% of gross domestic product (GDP) from the Internet, compared to 7.3% in South Korea. Just under half of all households in Greece have fixed broadband access and 67% of Greeks use their mobiles to access the Internet.
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Moneycontrol.com
Greece on track to weather debt crisis: Merkel
DAWN.com
“The Greek parliament has approved harsh measures, such as slashing the minimum wage, so that it could compete with neighbouring countries for instance in tourism,” she said. - AFP photo PRAGUE: Greece has a chance to weather its crisis after the ...
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DAWN.com
Slovenia May See a Greek Scenario on Failure to Start Savings
Bloomberg
“If we don't get serious and adopt savings measures, we may see a similar scenario that the Greeks are going through, when measures will be dictated by foreigners,” Kranjec said in the interview with the Ljubljana-based newspaper.
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Greece can learn from Cyprus on hydrocarbons
Cyprus Mail
By Stefanos Evripidou Published on March 31, 2012 GREECE CAN learn from the Cypriot experience in the search for hydrocarbons, said Evangelos Venizelos, the newly elected head of centre-left Greek party PASOK yesterday. Speaking after a meeting with ...
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Greece says 17 firms express interest in gas company sale
Reuters
| ATHENS, March 30 (Reuters) - Seventeen firms expressed initial interest in the privatisation of Greek natural gas company DEPA, one of the country's major assets to go on the block to help pay down public debt, its privatisations agency (HRADF) said ...
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Greece may need a third bailout
Examiner.com
Greek PM Papademos has admitted that Greece may need a third bailout weeksafter receiving its second bailout, thelargest in history. Over 250 billion euros in funds have been committed to Greece by the EU, IMF, ECB. The troika returned to Athens weeks ...
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Canes right at home at Verot
The News-Press
Getting tired of hearing about that mess that is Greece? What were thoseGreek politicians thinking...- 8:53 pm Sandy Kent has what she described as a “landscape challenge.”- 4:49 pm University of Miami's football team draws a large crowd for a ...
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Greek tourism to see moderate growth in 2012
Hindustan Times
Foreign tourists admire the volcanic island of Sandorini from the Blue Star Paros vessel during a nine-hour trip to the Greek islands of Paros, Naxos, Ios and Santorini, in the Aegean Sea. Credit: Reuters/Yannis Behrakis Greece'stourism sector will ...
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Greece rounds up some 700 illegal immigrants
People's Daily Online
ATHENS, March 30 (Xinhua) -- Greek authorities have launched roundup operations of illegal immigrants in Athens, detaining some 700 persons, according to police figures on Friday, as special centres to house migrants to be deported are under ...
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Q+A: Euro zone bailout spending, commitments and capacity
Reuters
TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY COMMITTED BY EURO ZONE GOVERNMENTS TO FIGHTING THE CRISIS FROM JULY 2013: 53 billion euros in disbursed bilateral loans to Greece under the first bailout programme + 192 billion of EFSF commitments to the second Greek programme, ...
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Guest opinion: US financially worse than European spendthrifts
The News-Press
Getting tired of hearing about that mess that is Greece? What were thoseGreek politicians thinking...- 8:53 pm Sandy Kent has what she described as a “landscape challenge.”- 4:49 pm Getting tired of hearing about that mess that isGreece?
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Review: 'Wicked' worth the hype
The News-Press
Getting tired of hearing about that mess that is Greece? What were thoseGreek politicians thinking...- 8:53 pm Sandy Kent has what she described as a “landscape challenge.”- 4:49 pm Still from a production of "Wicked" the musical returned to Barbara ...
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“Surpassing all limits of savagery”: Police Brutality In Greece
LSMedia
The routine has become all to familiar in the beleaguered Greek capital as 24hr news reports breathlessly narrate for us film of protests, molotovs and a European society sliding further into poverty and violence. The emphasis of these reports is ...
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A third bailout for Greece means time to go bargain hunting
NASDAQ
Earlier today, Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos stated that a third bailout package might be needed if measures instituted do not revitalize the economy. As a result, European stocks are being battered, especially financials.
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Merkel: 'Greek austerity will bear fruit and EU will survive'
DigitalJournal.com
I do not want to make anything look prettier than it is: Greecestill has a tough path ahead, but it has gone a long way," Merkel said to the Chech daily newspaper Lidove Noviny at the beginning of this week. Merkel continued 'praising' the efforts of...
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DigitalJournal.com
News reports indicate that legislators think Florida's controversial Stand ...
The News-Press
Getting tired of hearing about that mess that is Greece? What were thoseGreek politicians thinking...- 8:53 pm Sandy Kent has what she described as a “landscape challenge.”- 4:49 pm David Lowery never wanted to be a rock 'n' roll frontman.
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Bank on Greece: Bargains and beauty await on the troubled country's less-seen ...
Daily Mail
In the north-east Aegean, this is the eighth largest Greek island, but tourists are scarce. The island has a 165-mile coastline of excellent sandy beaches and the pace of life is gentle, with siesta religiously observed at 2pm.
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Daily Mail
Greek Theater Accepts Food as Payment
The Daily meal
By Marcy Franklin, Editor Credit: Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP Much like Greece's"potato revolution," citizens are finding new ways to help those affected by the food crisis. The newest solution? Theater. The Associated Press reports that the State ...
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Follow an Old Tradition: Make Crosses Out of Palm Sunday Reeds
Patch.com
Many Italians, Greeks, Spaniards and Eastern Orthodox adherents, as well as some Episcopalians fold palm reeds into crosses on Palm Sunday as a reminder of their religion through the rest of the year. By David Gurliacci On Palm Sunday, ...
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Ahead of elections, Greek PM warns switch to drachma would be 'devastating'
CanadianBusiness.com
By AP | March 30, 2012 ATHENS, Greece - Greece's prime minister warned that a return to the country's pre-euro currency, the drachma, would be "devastating" for the economy. Lucas Papademos told the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore in an interview ...
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Greece gets approval to stiff international bond holdouts
ForexLive (blog)
By Adam Button || March 30, 2012 at 19:26 GMT The Eurogroup has approved a Greek plan not to pay out the approximately 6 billion euros of hold outs who own Greek bonds written under international law. I think it's nearing the time where we stop ...
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Too Many Immigrants, So Greece Rounds Up the Usual Suspects
Greek Reporter
By Andy Dabilis on March 30, 2012 in Columns, Greek Beat, Opinion ATHENS – There aren't many Greeks left in Omonia Square, which some years ago used to be a rotary with a fountain and greenery, but in recent years has become a Third World cement ...
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Greek Reporter
ekathimerini.com | Online retail could help boost Greek growth ...
Greece has gone a long way on the path of reforms and now stands a chance to overcome its debt crisis but still faces many tough measures, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a newspaper.
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Greek PM & banker who helped commit fraud ... - OzHouse Alt News
By OzHouse
That's according to Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, who told an Italian business newspaper Friday a third bailout of his nation's faltering, heavily indebted economy might be necessary. “Greece will do everything possible to make a third ...
OzHouse Alt News
Merkel: Greece on Track to Weather Debt Crisis | Greece ...
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Nightrage Posts Greek Tour Teaser - in Metal News ( Metal ...
Metal News: Nightrage Posts Teaser For Greek Shows With Psycho Choke. ...Band Photo: Nightrage (?) Nightrage will be embarking on a Greek tour with Psycho Choke dubbed the "Rage Through The Psycho Tour." A teaser trailer for the upcoming tour dates has been posted online and can be viewed below. Nightrage will also be shooting a video for an as-yet-undisclosed song off the group's latest album "Insidious" on April 28th at the Eightball Club in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Metal Underground.com
Greeks not big on using computers, says Eurostat | Athens News
This was the third lowest percentage in the EU after Romania (50 per cent) and Bulgaria (55 per cent). The highest percentages recorded were in Sweden (96...
www.athensnews.gr/portal/1/54378
Greece's cut-price potato movement shows Greeks chipping in ...
Greeks are pulling together and forging innovative new social and economic models to help those ... The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../greece-breadline-potato-movement-eu...
BBC News - Merkel: Eurozone must avoid Greek exit
Greece recently won approval for a second bailout of 130bn euros ($173bn; £ 110bn) ... She said the eurozone would be "incredibly weakened" by a Greekexit .
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17497656
GREEK NEWS AGENDA: Greece Becomes IEF Member
Greece was named a non-permanent, rotating member of the executive board of the International Energy Forum for the 2012-2014 period. The International ...
www.greeknewsagenda.gr/.../greece-becomes-ief-member.htm...
Greek Doctors, Staff Protest Spending Cuts - Finance - CBN News ...
Greek state hospitals and staff in greater Athens went on strike Wednesday to protest government spending cuts. Those cuts allow Greece to continue receiving ...
www.cbn.com/.../Creditors-Greeces-Economy-Faces-Dim-Outl...
Estonian Finance Minister: Greeks do not deserve ... - Breaking news
«Greeks do not deserve their minimum wage – in Greece it is still two times higher than in Estonia, but I don't think they deserve it,» said the Estonian Finance ...
bnn-news.com/estonian-finance-minister-greeks-deserve-mini...
Go Greek: is Greece safe for tourists?
Over the last year, Greece has been troubled by austerity measures and unrest in the capital. But this beautiful country, once one of the most popular ...
www.skyscanner.net/.../012213-go-greek-is-greece-safe-for-to...
European Crisis Explanation... For Dummies From Greeks ...
Pulling no punches and as irreverent as we can imagine, Mr. Panos - theGreek ' Borat' - explains (with a somewhat shocking sense of reality) just what the ...
www.zerohedge.com/.../european-crisis-explanation-dummies-...
European monitor upbeat on Greek economic reforms - Yahoo! News
News: The head of a European task force charged with helping ... It's time forGreeks to rise up against this ECB tyrannical entrapment of their future.
news.yahoo.com/european-monitor-upbeat-greek-economic-r...
All Greeks of the world celebrating Independence Day on March 25 ...
www.tvr.by » TV Infoservice » News » Society ... According to the last population census, there are 617 Greeks living in Belarus and 4.500 people who consider ...
www.tvr.by/eng/society.asp?id=64885
Greece deal for BBC World News | Phantis
This agreement with BBC World News and ERT brings viewers in Greece the best of ... Massive security for Greek Independence Day parade (CBS News: Mar.
www.phantis.com/news/greece-deal-bbc-world-news
Energia.gr - News » Greek » RES Power Share Grows in Greece
The share of renewable energy sources (RES) in electricity production inGreece more than doubled within five years, climbing from 2.1 percent in 2006 to 5.2 ...
www.energia.gr/article_en.asp?art_id=25817
Myths about the Greek crisis | GRReporter.info- News from Greece ...
Greek crisis has brought many contradictions, doubts and controversial claims of analysts, economists and politicians. The local Capital edition published the...
www.grreporter.info/en/myths_about_greek_crisis/6372
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FINANCIAL News, Money, Banks, Economic and Financial Crisis, Mar 31, 2012

Europe Eyes Bigger IMF War Chest as Firewall Tops $1 Tril
Bloomberg
“Europe is aware of its responsibility for the international economy,” GermanFinance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told reporters today after a two-day meeting of European finance officials in Copenhagen. “If the IMF takes precautions to prevent ...
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FASHION News, Shows, Modeling, Mar 31, 2012

First class appeal: A-list make-up artist Adam J Breuchaud designed the look and ensured the model's make up could endure the extreme conditions
Now that's what we call a photo chute! Skydiving model takes highfashion to ...
Daily Mail
By Kristie Lau HTC has taken the concept of high fashion to an entirely new height - 14000-ft to be exact. A model dressed in futuristic gear skydiving in the Arizona desert stars in a new TV commercial for the telecommunications manufacturer's One ...
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Alexa Chung Is The New Face of Superga
Bangstyle
The photographs are the pivotal of glamour. The British modelhigh-tailed it to Miami with photographer Guy Aroch for an art deco-inspired shoot. Chung proves why she is everyone's favoritefashion “it girl.” In the pictures that were released, ...
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Bangstyle
Victoria Beckham's 'Harper's Bazaar' UK: My Body Is Average Harper's Bazaar UK
Hollywood Life
In the surprising interview, the singer-turned-fashion-designer says she prefers to test her products on her own body, rather than going by how it looks on some young, tall model. “We always joke that we have this fabulously gorgeous 17-year-old model ...
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He's Sexy & He Knows It! Tyson Beckford For Evening Standard (PHOTOS)
Global Grind
Photo Credit: thisislondon.co.uk Former Ralph Lauren campaign model Tyson Beckford has made a comeback in ways that are considered by some great and by others, not-so-good. The good: a sophisticated men's spring fashionspread in London's Evening ...
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Cosplay Nation - Experts Take On The World of Video Game Fashion
G4 TV (blog)
She currently hosts event coverage for deviantART, Inc, is a featured host on CraveOnline's newest tech review show"TechKnow", a correspondent on the upcoming YouTube show"Geeked", and has her own video podcast, "MegaBit". Chrissy Lynn – Skillful as ...
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G4 TV (blog)
'Teen Mom' Ending, Farrah Abraham Moving On!
Gather Celebs News Channel
It is no secret that Farrah Abraham is into fashion and modeling, but lately, her career in the industry has really taken off. First, she was selected as amodel of the week, and she most recently did a stunning photo shoot for Agenda Magazine.
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Community Calendar for March 30
Lincolnwood Review
Henrietta Szold Hadassah invites all to their Fashion Show Luncheon “The Magic of Hadassah” at 11 am April 29 at the Hyatt Deerfield, 1750 Lake Cook Road, in Deerfield. This is Henrietta Szold Group's annual opportunity to bring together members, ...
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Valley Briefs: People, events in Aurora, St. Charles and Yorkville
Aurora Beacon News
The dresses represent the changing bridal fashions from the late 1800s to the present and many are a small size. Young women are needed to model some of the dresses. Old photos and other wedding memorabilia will be also be on display.
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Social media clicks and business really likes it
The Age
Photo: Meredith O'Shea In social media it's not who you know but who likes you. And companies really want to be liked. Facebook fans are like de facto sales reps for brands. To win them over, brands are increasingly "like"-farming: offering free stuff, ...
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The Age
Titanic ice cream gets a titanic launch
Inquirer.net
I'm sure he was impressed with the show we put on, as the creative team of Raymond Gutierrez and director Robbie Carmona had the brand ambassadors sashaying on stage against a moving backdrop of favorite scenes. A gorgeousmodel then handed me a Magnum ...
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Park Ridge Community Calendar for the week of April 5, 2012
Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
Registration is required for programs unless otherwise noted. Folksinger Steve Justman will perform “Songs of the American Railroads” at 2 pm April 17. He also will display vintage model trains from his personal collection. Shaun Tan's The Arrival will ...
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HTC One X gets tossed from 12000 feet for marketing purposes
GSMArena.com (blog)
The company's One X flagship commercial was shot at an altitude of 12000 feet, with the smartphone doing fashion photography in the process. The commercial has taken the impressive 35 skydives to be completed. There were 9 skydivers involved, ...
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The special relationship
Financial Times
This past week I have been enjoying photos of the American garden that shares its name with the trees. The Chanticleer garden near Wayne, Pennsylvania is a tribute nowadays to Anglo-American co-operation. Its roots go back to the Rosengarten family, ...
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Financial Times
China Fashion Week
Click "Show Caption" at the bottom of the photo to see text. Models present creations during the HOSA First China Fitness and Swim Wear Contestfashion show ...
blog.seattlepi.com/.../2012/03/29/china-fashion-week/
(PHOTO GALLERY) Raw Fusion Fashion Show benefits Habitat For ...
This year's Minnesota River Builders Association Raw Fusion Fashion Showat the Verizon Wireless Center featured 28 models, more than last year, ...March 29 , 2012 1 Photo. More Local News Headlines. Featured Ads: AP Video: Record ...
mankatofreepress.com/.../-PHOTO-GALLERY-Raw-Fusion-Fa...
'Top Model: British Invasion' eliminates British model Ashley Brown
The aspiring models had to go to the castings in hopes of getting booked in real shows during Fashion Week. Top Model photo shoot director Jay Manuel told ...
www.realitytvworld.com/.../top-model-british-invasion-elimin...
Fashion News Roundup: Adriana Lima Teaches Jimmy Fallon How ...
Fashion Industry News, Designers, Runway Shows, Style Advice ... Jimmy Fallon Gets Modeling Tips from Adriana Lima: The cute-as-a-button ...apparently went into the (photo)shop for a makeover– and came out with nary a change. We can ...
fashionista.com/.../fashion-news-roundup-adriana-lima-teaches...
PHOTO GALLERY: 2012 Raw Fusion Fashion Show
A model shows off radio station Hot 96.7's entry in the Raw Fusion fashion show, a dress made of records, reel to reel tape and mesh Thursday at the Verizon ...
mankatofreepress.com/.../-PHOTO-GALLERY-Raw-Fusion-Fa...
BBC News - In pictures: Fashion against trafficking
... the problem of child trafficking with a fundraising fashion show in Johannesburg. ... Day in pictures A model presents a creation from the Oudifu autumn/winter ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17492069
Charleston Fashion Week 2012 | Rolling Out - Black News, Celebrity ...
Rolling Out – Black News, Celebrity Videos, Entertainment, Business & Politics... out the shows, models, interviewing and taking photos of fashionableguests ...
rollingout.com/culture/charleston-fashion-week-2012/
Andrej Pejic in Japan! | Tokyo Fashion News Episode 91b ...
FashionTV.com/videos TOKYO - Tokyo Fashion News premieres the latest in... makeup, models, designers, photo shoots, red carpets at the biggestevents in ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOPMmIpdrfE
Black model remembers time in Russia during Cold War ...
Chester was among the 47 professional and amateur models selected for the Moscow-bound fashion show. The show was one of several installations at the ...
www.accessatlanta.com/.../black-model-remembers-time-1396...
Fort Myers resident recalls days as fashion model | The News-Press ...
The high-fashion photos spill from Betty Galvano's albums. A young ... Betty Galvano, of Fort Myers, a former fashion model, seen here in her .... Galvano, now 76, of Fort Myers, appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show” and the “Today”show.
www.news-press.com/.../Fort-Myers-resident-recalls-days-fashi...
'Top Model: British Invasion' eliminates British model Ashley Brown ...
More Top Model 18 News ... Top Model photo shoot director Jay Manuel told the girls the winner of the go-sees challenge would receive the chance to fly back to Canada later on for ... "You didn't book any fashion shows either," Tyra noted.
www.realitytvworld.com/.../top-model-british-invasion-elimin...
Fashion News: Katy Perry's model romance seems to be heating up ...
Things must be heating up between top male model Baptiste Giabiconi and Katy Perry, who met at Chanel's show during Paris Fashion Week in early March. ... along with the message "hey my #littlekats u look So amazing in thispics !
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EUROPE News, Mar 31, 2012

German bid to save transactions tax gets cool response
Reuters
Failure to make progress on the issue would be embarrassing for the French and German governments, which have attempted to show leadership inEurope throughout the financial crisis and both pushed for the tax. So far, the debate about such a tax has ...
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