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US President Barack Obama is pictured in the oval office at the white House at the end of his meeting with France's new President Francois Hollande on May 18, 2012 in Washington DC prior to attend the G8 summit in Camp David.

Obama weighs in on Euro economic crisis
Independent online Camp David - Leaders of the world's most powerful nations were to focus their attention on Europe's economic woes on Saturday after President Barack Obama threw his weight behind French calls for more... (photo: AP)

New French President Francois Hollande and British Prime Minister David Cameron shake hands in Washington, Friday, May, 18. 2012

David Cameron threatens veto on French plan for bankers tax
The Daily Telegraph David Cameron held his first meeting with Francois Hollande and threatened to veto the new French president’s plan for a European tax on financial transactions. | Downing Street said Mr Cameron ... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)

US President Barack Obama (R) meets with French President Francois Hollande following their bilateral meeting in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2012 in advance of the G8 and NATO Summits.

Greece tops G8 agenda as eurozone crisis snares Spain
France24 | AFP - Fears that debt-stricken Greece may be headed for a chaotic eurozone exit loomed large as President Barack Obama met other G8 leaders for crisis talks in the United States. | The Group of Eigh... (photo: AP / AFP PHOTO/POOL/ERIC FEFERBERG)

Solution to world economic crisis must have "global dimension": EU's Barroso
Xinhua | UNITED NATIONS, May 17 (Xinhua) -- President of the European Union (EU) Commission Jose Manuel Barroso said here Thursday that a solution to the global economic crisis must have a global dimension. ... (photo: EC / EC)

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EU confident Europe will overcome crisis
Jakarta Post | The head of the European Union Commission told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that he is "fully confident" the 17 countries using the euro and all European insti... (photo: EC / EC)

In this May 10, 2012 file photo, British Prime Minister David Cameron is seen in London.

Cameron to tell Merkel she is the only person who can save the euro
The Independent | Amid growing alarm within the Treasury over the impact of the crisis on Britain, a close ally of Chancellor George Osborne warned the financial contagion in Greece coul... (photo: AP / Carl Court)

Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012.

Chinese in bold call for official's removal
Al Jazeera | A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of B... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)

European leaders scramble to contain Greek debt crisis
CNN By Chris Isidore @CNNMoneyInvest May 16, 2012: 12:16 PM ET0:00 / 04:49Merkel: We want Greece to stay in euro | NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Leaders across Europe rushed to try ... (photo: EC / EC)

From left to right, leader of the Democratic Left party Fotis Kouvelis, head of the Socialist PASOK party Evangelos Venizelos, leader of Conservatives New Democracy party Antonis Samaras, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left party Alexis Tsipras and leader of the 'Independent Greeks', Panos Kammenos during a Political party leaders meeting at the Presidential Palace in Athens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Greece to go back to the polls after President fails to form Coalition
Canberra Times | "It is absolutely necessary to have the broader support of political parties" ... Antonis Samaras, New Democracy leader. Photo: AFP | ATHENS: Greece will be going to el... (photo: AP / Aris Messinis)

A Greek man walks past metal sheeting sprayed with a slogan in English reading "Can a revolution be selfish", that covers the facade of a post office branch in Syntagma Square, central Athens, on Monday, May 14, 2012.

World braces itself for Greek euro exit
The Independent | Without those funds from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund, Greece could run out of cash to meet its national debt interest payments as early as ne... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris)

Europe's economic nightmare should be keeping us awake
Canberra Times | Eurozone woes are becoming more and more important to Australia. | FOR Australia to achieve the government's 3.25 per cent growth forecast, and hence a budget surplus, ... (photo: EC / EC)