Barroso says crisis has brought Britain closer to euro (AFP)

Euro coins. Britain is considering joining the eurozone as a direct consequence of global financial turmoil, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - The international financial crisis has set off a radical change in thinking in Britain about the euro, EU commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso said Sunday.

GM board reviews new turnaround plan for bailout (Reuters)

The logo of General Motors is pictured in Berlin November 26, 2008. (Johannes Eisele/Reuters)Reuters - The board of General Motors Corp met on Sunday to review a restructuring plan intended to cut costs and win support for up to $12 billion in emergency funding from the U.S. government, a person familiar with the deliberations said.

Exit polls: Romanian Leftist party gets most votes (AP)

A Romanian Gypsy woman exits a voting cabin in Sintesti, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. With 18 million eligible to vote, turnout is expected to be low due to widespread distrust in politicians, perhaps the lowest since communism was overthrown in bloody revolt in 1989. For the first time, Romanian vote for individual candidates not party lists in the 452 bicameral parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - Leftist Social Democrats who promised to soften the impact of the global economic crisis won the most votes in Romania’s parliamentary elections Sunday but did not get enough support to take power outright, projections showed.

Exit polls: Romanian Leftist party gets most votes (AP)

A Romanian Gypsy woman exits a voting cabin in Sintesti, Romania, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. With 18 million eligible to vote, turnout is expected to be low due to widespread distrust in politicians, perhaps the lowest since communism was overthrown in bloody revolt in 1989. For the first time, Romanian vote for individual candidates not party lists in the 452 bicameral parliament. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)AP - Leftist Social Democrats who promised to soften the impact of the global economic crisis won the most votes in Romania’s parliamentary elections Sunday but did not get enough support to take power outright, projections showed.

Polish prime minister announces financial package (AP)

AP - Poland’s prime minister says his Cabinet has prepared a euro24 billion ($31 billion) plan to stabilize the country’s finances and boost the economy.

Polish prime minister announces financial package (AP)

AP - Poland’s prime minister says his Cabinet has prepared a euro24 billion ($31 billion) plan to stabilize the country’s finances and boost the economy.

Romanians vote in shadow of financial crisis (Reuters)

Romania's President Traian Basescu gestures before casting his ballot at a polling station in Bucharest November 30, 2008. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)Reuters - Romanians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will determine both its response to the global financial crisis and the fate of judicial reforms, which have stalled since it joined the European Union last year.

Romanians vote in shadow of financial crisis (Reuters)

Romania's President Traian Basescu gestures before casting his ballot at a polling station in Bucharest November 30, 2008. (Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)Reuters - Romanians voted on Sunday in a parliamentary election that will determine both its response to the global financial crisis and the fate of judicial reforms, which have stalled since it joined the European Union last year.

Iceland PM defies calls to resign amid crisis (AP)

Geir H Haarde Prime Minister of Iceland in an interview with the Associated Press in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday Nov. 29, 2008. Iceland's prime minister on Saturday defied calls to step down in the wake of his country's economic meltdown, as protesters gathered for an eighth consecutive week to demand his resignation.  Haarde said he intended to lead Iceland through a crisis that has seen the spectacular collapse of the island's high-flying 'Nordic tiger' economy ? and which he predicted would worsen next year. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gunnarsson)AP - Iceland’s prime minister said Saturday he has no intention of stepping down over his country’s economic meltdown, even as thousands of angry citizens demanded his resignation during a noisy protest outside parliament.

Iceland PM defies calls to resign amid crisis (AP)

Geir H Haarde Prime Minister of Iceland in an interview with the Associated Press in Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday Nov. 29, 2008. Iceland's prime minister on Saturday defied calls to step down in the wake of his country's economic meltdown, as protesters gathered for an eighth consecutive week to demand his resignation.  Haarde said he intended to lead Iceland through a crisis that has seen the spectacular collapse of the island's high-flying 'Nordic tiger' economy ? and which he predicted would worsen next year. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gunnarsson)AP - Iceland’s prime minister said Saturday he has no intention of stepping down over his country’s economic meltdown, even as thousands of angry citizens demanded his resignation during a noisy protest outside parliament.

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