BBC News Merkel 'suggests Greek referendum on euro membership' German leader Angela Merkel has suggested that Greece could hold a referendum on continued use of the euro when it votes in national elections next month, Greek officials say. | A Greek government spo... (photo: Public Domain / Pete Souza) Euro Germany Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis Xinhua Moody's lowers rating of 16 Spanish banks | MADRID, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Risk Qualification agency Moody's lowered its rating of 16 Spanish banks late on Thursday evening. | The move came after a difficult day on the stock markets following rum... (photo: AP / Paul White) Financial crisis Market Photos Spain Wikipedia: European sovereign-debt crisis Top Stories CNBC Nature & More: Sowing Seeds for Bees | AMSTERDAM, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- " International "Bees love organic" campaign finds overwhelming response With photo More than a thousand Dutch cyclis... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) Amsterdam Insect Nature Photos Wikipedia: Bee Golf 365 Poulter's sights set on KO double | Ian Poulter is unbashfully a man with a mission heading into this week's Volvo World Match Play Championship. | In the 47th edition of this historic event, he has set h... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Championship Photos Sport Tennis Wikipedia: Ian Poulter BBC News Fresh talks in Greece as fears of euro exit grow Further talks are due in Greece amid a scramble to try to secure a workable government following inconclusive elections nine days ago. | Leftist parties have signalled th... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Europe Greece Photos Politics Wikipedia: Greek legislative election, 2012 The Independent World braces itself for Greek euro exit | 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) Economy Europe Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis Otago Daily Times Fighting kills 32 as Syria peace plan falters Fighting in Syria has killed at least 32 people, activists said, and Saudi Arabia said stubborn violence was shredding the credibility of a U.N.-Arab League peace plan st... (photo: U.S. Army/Staff Sgt. Joseph Roberts) Government Photos Politics Syria Wikipedia: Syria The Daily Telegraph Merkel tells Greece to back cuts or face euro exit Greece may be forced to leave the euro if the country refuses to implement spending cuts agreed with the European Union, Angela Merkel warned. | "I believe it’s better ... (photo: Creative Commons / FishInWater) Euro Germany Greece Photos Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis Huffington Post Syria Violence In Lebanon: Unrest Spills Into Tripoli, Lebanon A Sunni gunman fires during clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Monday May 14, 2012. Street battles pitting Lebanese Sunnis who generally support the ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Lebanon Photos Syria Violence Wikipedia: Lebanon my SA Rogge: 2004 retesting won't yield flood of cases | BRUSSELS (AP) — IOC President Jacques Rogge does not expect a "flood of positive cases" when the Olympic body retests doping samples from the 2004 Athens Games before... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Sadat) Olympic Photos Sports Star Wikipedia: Jacques Rogge
