'WE WILL NOT OFFER GREECE A CENT': GERMAN ECONOMY MINISTER DEALS HAMMER BLOW TO ATHENS AS RIOTERS ATTACK POLICE ON THE STREETS: It could almost be a battle from Greece’s ancient past  -  a melee of fighting at close quarters with shields, raised weapons and flags. As the poorer nations in the eurozone melt down, old tribal identities rise to the fore. Then Europe coughs up.

MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK OF ENGLAND, GEORGE SOROS, 'AT CENTRE OF HEDGE FUNDS PLOT TO CASH IN ON FALL OF THE EURO': The single currency has been under enormous pressure because of Greece's debt crisis, plus financial worries in Portugal, Italy, Spain and Ireland. Is a secretive group of Wall Street hedge fund bosses behind a plot to cash in on the decline of the euro?

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