Posted on 08 November 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Benjamin Netanyahu, Conversation Leaked, France, French President, Israel, Israeli Prime Mnister, Nicolas Sarkozy, Obama Sarkozy at G20, Palestine, U.S. President, UNESCO, United States
It’s never easy being a world leader particularly when one’s every move is recorded and scripted to minimize spontaneity and chaos. Given this restrained public face, the recent leak of a private conversation between President Barack Obama and President Nicolas Sarkozy proved to be a boon for those who like to know what goes on [...]
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Posted on 08 November 2011. Tags: Corriere della Sera, Euro, euro zone, euro zone financial crisis, Giorgio Napolitano, Italian Bonds, Italian Parliament, Italian President, Italian Prime Minister, Italian sovereign debt, Italy, Massimo Franco, Silvio Berlusconi
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi may be the latest domino to fall in the toppling of governments that has followed the spread of the euro zone financial crisis that has already claimed Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s government. In exchange for his resignation, Berlusconi wants the Italian parliament to pass the austerity measures requested by [...]
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