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...easy. Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, which sets interest rates for the euro zone's 16 countries, urged the country on Monday, Dec. 7, to take "courageous" steps to tackle the crisis. Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, part of the socialist government that won power in the country last October, duly pledged to do "whatever is required" to shore up the country's finances. Key to the recovery plan: slashing Greece's budget deficit next year from 12.7% - more than four times the level allowed under E.U. rules...
With five and a half minutes left in the first period, Harvard rookie forward Jillian Dempsey raced past Huskies defender Casey Knajdek and seemed to have a clear shot on the net. But Knajdek tripped Dempsey up, possibly preventing a goal, but also giving the Crimson a power play...
With the Huskies failing to execute its power play, Harvard regrouped and once again took control of the game. With under five minutes left in the second, the Crimson went on its fifth power play of the game following a boarding penalty on UConn’s Michelle Binning...
...transferred back to the CLASS Act trust fund, the transaction would be recorded as an increase in the deficit. The Senate bill also requires that the CLASS Act trust fund be solvent over a 75-year period, and the bill would give the secretary of Health and Human Services power to raise premiums and reduce benefits to keep it afloat. (See the top 10 medical breakthroughs...
...Even getting the North back to the bargaining table may prove difficult. Pyongyang wants to be recognized by the world as a nuclear power, and probably has other reasons to talk to Washington. Experts in Seoul say the North has sent signals recently that it is interested in negotiating a peace treaty with South Korea. That would be politically enticing to a segment of the South Korean population, but the Obama Administration now views it as a distraction. "The main agenda is the nuclear program, and Bosworth has made it clear he's not going to allow the North...