Italy - Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero breaks down in tears during austerity measures announcement

Uploaded by telegraphtv on Dec 5, 2011

Italian Welfare Minister Elsa Fornero broke down in tears as she announced an end to inflation indexing on all but the lowest pension bands, a move that will mean an effective income cut for many pensioners.

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Italiani ministro del Welfare Elsa Fornero scoppiò in lacrime come ha annunciato la fine di indicizzazione all'inflazione su tutti, ma le bande pensione minima, una mossa che significherà un reddito effettivo taglio per molti pensionati.

Ferraris, Mercedes and a Lamborghini involved in $4m super car pile-up in Japan

Uploaded by telegraphtv on Dec 4, 2011

Sports car owners out for a Sunday drive in Japan ran up a hefty insurance claim after a pile-up claimed 14 vehicles including 8 Ferraris, 3 Mercedes Benz and a Lamborghini.

Slovenia - Centre-left wins election upset / Slovenija - Center-levi volitvah zmagal razburjena

Published on Dec 4, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ Zoran Jankovic has celebrated an unexpected win in parliamentary elections, but for Slovenia's centre-left leader there are plenty of economic and political challenges ahead.

Firstly, failure to win more than 29 per cent of the vote means he will have to seek several coalition partners. Secondly, Slovenia is slipping into a double dip recession and faces a credit downgrade.

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Zoran Jankovic je praznoval nepričakovano zmagal na parlamentarnih volitvah, vendar pa za levosredinski voditelj Republike Slovenije je veliko gospodarskih in političnih izzivov.

Prvič, ni zmagal več kot 29 odstotkov glasov pomeni, da bo moral poiskati več partnerjev koalicije. Drugič, Slovenija je zdrs v recesijo dvojno dip in obrazi kreditno strmina.

Germany - Huge WWII bomb made safe in Koblenz / Deutschland - Riesige WWII Bombe unschädlich gemacht in Koblenz

Published on Dec 4, 2011 by Euronews

http://www.euronews.net/ A huge World War II unexploded bomb was one of two successfully defused on Sunday by German experts after the pair were discovered on the riverbed of the Rhine.

The larger of the bombs weighed 1.8 tonnes and was the most powerful yet to be found in the country.

Its discovery came to light after water levels fell due to a dry spell.

Nearly half the population of the city of Koblenz -some 45,000 people in all - were evacuated as a precaution before the bomb disposal team got to work.

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Eine riesige Zweiten Weltkrieg nicht explodierte Bombe war einer von zwei erfolgreich am Sonntag von deutschen Experten entschärft, nachdem das Paar auf dem Flussbett des Rheins gefunden wurden.

Je größer der Bomben wog 1,8 Tonnen und war der mächtigste noch in dem Land gefunden werden.

Seine Entdeckung kam ans Licht, nachdem Wasserstände fielen aufgrund einer Durststrecke.

Fast die Hälfte der Bevölkerung der Stadt Koblenz-rund 45.000 Menschen in allen - wurden vorsorglich evakuiert, bevor die Bombe zur Verfügung Team an die Arbeit.