EU divided over Greek rescue deal

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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Peace talks ramp up

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.

CANDLES BURN BRIGHT FOR HANNUKA IN WARSAW

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 of the Jewish uprising in the second century, BC, against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple.

A new book, by George

The chef, restaurateur and TV celebrity celebrates simple taverna food, writes Jacqui Taffel.

With an eye on Australia, Papandreou seeks talents of 'the other Greece'

The new PM wants the diaspora to play a role in fixing Greece. Helena Smith reports from Athens.

A Cross That Is A Pleasure To Bear

KOTARA man Peter Cheros and his young family knew 2009 was full of promise but the future is looking even brighter after he claimed the cross in the Greek Orthodox Community's blessing of the water at the Bogey Hole yesterday.

Greece Lightning

Mediterraneans are masters of simple cooking. Whip up this no-fuss feast of seafood and salad with all the Greek flavours you love.

No Place Like Homer

Kate Armstrong embarks on a Greek adventure where the locals never let fact ruin a good myth. Over a rovani, Alexandros, a 71-year-old returnee, explains Odysseus-Ithaca controversy.

Picks Of The Island Party

MOODY GERMANS AND LYRICAL GREEKS Harmonia (atmospheric and rhythmic, machine-based but very human) and Psarantonis (lyre-playing, traditional Cretan and Greek songs, mucho emotional).

Hurdler Disgraced

THE Greek 400-metre hurdler Fani Halkia - the woman who blitzed the Athens Olympics title amid much suspicion - has tested positive to drugs and will not compete in Beijing.

It's All Greek

With zesty lemon juice, fresh herbs, fetta and lashings of olive oil, a good Greek feast is hard to resist.

Focus On The Greek Diaspora

Focus On The Greek Diaspora