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...much did you know about the situation Greece was in before you came to office? How big a surprise was this crisis to you? We all knew, and I knew personally, that Greece was going through a crisis, but the level of the impact of the crisis on the economy was not known. (See pictures of Athens threatened by wildfires...
...underlying causes we had very much pinpointed and understood way before the elections. So in fact, it only strengthened our will - and my will - to say we really have to change this country: Issues like how the public administration is run, issues like lack of transparency, clientelistic party politics (which would mean doing favors to your friends and voters and so on, rather than putting down rules) which undermine a sense of rule of law. (See pictures of immigration in Europe...
...want to have a different state. We do want to fight corruption.' How do you do that? I think here we don't have to invent the wheel. For example, there are some things we can do which modern technology allows us to do, which makes things much easier. For example: putting every single signature of a public servant, from a minister to the local civil servant on the web, so that people can see where their money goes and what the decisions are. (See the 50 best websites...
...million. The final count showed that The Hangover had surged on Sunday to earn $1.6 million more than predicted, which made it that weekend's champ by $840,000. Why, then, do studios race to provide guesstimates when the weekend isn't over? Because there's usually not much news on Sunday, and the hit films get free publicity on that day's news shows. Marketing trumps math. (See pictures of movies that remake...
...announcement, though sudden, was not surprising. With the staid middle-aged consumers of India's middle class giving way to urbanites and youngsters with a lot of disposable cash, not much hope was left for these two modest modes of transport. A Maruti-Suzuki spokesperson says the company made a conscious decision to phase out the car as the definition of "people" - in order words, India' vast middle classes - has transformed in the last two decades. In January 2010 sales of the M800 were down 55% over the same period the previous year as Indians opt for cars with features...