LEADERS of Europe's 27-nation union are set to pledge support for a multibillion-euro rescue of the Greek economy in an 11th-hour bid to halt the spread of the debt crisis and safeguard the euro from further damage.

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NICOSIA. Cyprus' rival leaders have agreed to intensify talks aimed at reunifying the divided island, in a move seen as key to achieving a possible peace deal in 2010.

The candles of an eight-metre menorah burn in front of the Palace of Culture, Warsaw, in a rare public observance of a Jewish holiday. Right: an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands in front of a menorah at the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site, in Jerusalem. The festival is an eight-day commemoration..read more

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