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You'll have to shout, Mrs Merkel, because either the Markets didn't hear you or they have totally ignored your message.

Manchester United target Milos Krasic is being watched by numerous top clubs around Europe, his agent has confirmed, as the January transfer window edges closer.

Mario Draghi warns MEPs that debt contagion could spread worldwide as banks face major funding constraint in new year with €750bn in eurobonds called in.

The Liberal Democrats are warning the Chancellor as Britain refuses to contribute to a new IMF loan to save the euro.

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has admitted he never envisaged Robin Van Persie captaining the side when he first arrived at the north London Premier League club.

Death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il raises questions about whether South Korea's faltering economy could cope with the economic pressure of a united Korea.

Manchester United are yet to make an offer for Mario Gotze or Mats Hummels, Borussia Dortmund have insisted, with the duo hot property as the January transfer window edges closer.

At the 2011 Ein Herz fur Kinder (A Heart for Children) ceremony in Berlin, Germany, Princess Charlene of Monaco was presented with the prestigious Golden Heart Award for helping poor and handicapped children to swim in her native South Africa.

Arsene Wenger has denied that Arsenal are chasing Lukas Podolski, with the Germany international currently considering a move abroad.

Per Mertesacker is relishing the opportunity to face Robin van Persie in the 2012 Euro football championships next year, with the defender set to feature for Germany as the side take on Holland in the group stages of the tournament.

Arsenal have been boosted in their pursuit of Lukas Podolski, with the striker claiming today that he would consider a move abroad rather than staying in the Bundesliga.

A discovery timeline of subatomic particles which made particle and nuclear physics so interesting.

Italy's far-right Casa Pound movement, whose member Gianluca Casseri shot dead two African street vendors in Florence Tuesday, has allegedly managed to infiltrate the Italian Parliament, according to the anti-fascist Searchlight magazine.

Arsenal target Lukas Podolski has entered into a war of words with Borussia Dortmund, after the club insisted that they wouldn't make a bid for the striker because he was 'too expensive'.

German authorities have arrested a man suspected of involvement in a neo-Nazi cell discovered last month.

The eurozone rescue deal briefly outlined Friday by the German chancellor and French president hasn't gone down well with Standard & Poor's, but the "Big Bazooka" Summit? Not if Bundeskanzlerin Merkel has her way.

The prime minister’s decision today to pull Britain to the point of EU departure, may have won a few hearts in the mean time, but the decision to “look after the interests of Britain” may have seriously damaged the UK’s long term economy.

The winners of the Travel Photographer of the Year award 2001 have been named (Slideshow)

Schalke have admitted being interested in Cologne striker and Arsenal target Lukas Podolski, with the star set for a transfer tussle as the January window moves closer to opening day.

It's a crunch Champions League night for the Manchester clubs as they attempt to progress into the knock out round of the Uefa Champions League in their final group games.

Arsenal have been dealt a blow in their pursuit of top German target Marco Reus, with Bayern Munich admitting that they might make a bid for the 22 year old in the next transfer window.

According to the book, the two-piece swimsuit takes its name from the Pacific atoll in the Marshall Islands which was the site of 23 nuclear weapons tests between 1946 and 1958. The bikini came out a few days after the first test and was said to be "split like the atom”.

Influential Tory backbencher, Bill Cash, accused the prime minister of “bypassing the British people” by refusing to call an EU Referendum.

Almost all the countries in the eurozone face the risk of a credit downgrade.

Borussia Dortmund star Kevin Grosskreutz has claimed that himself and Mario Gotze will not be leaving the German outfit until 2014, as transfer rumours heat up around the pair making a move to Arsenal.

Chelsea midfielder Florent Malouda has backed the club to advance into the knock-out stages of the Champions League when they play Valencia on Tuesday.

The Prime minister of Singapore is the highly paid political leader among his contemporaries.

Alan Hansen believes Manchester City are the only English club in this season's Champions League that would benefit from early elimination in Europe's premier competition.

Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" -- starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Kiefer Sutherland -- picked up the prize for the best European film of the year at the 2011 European Film Awards presentation on Saturday.

The expelled British ambassador to Iran said that the Iranian government likely to have supported the attack on the British embassy in Tehran.