European leaders say there’s no reason to prepare for the unthinkable: the breakup of the euro zone. But some big banks are no longer so sure.

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Banks Fear Breakup of the Euro Zone

Laglio, Italy — The citizens of this sliver of a village on the southern bank of Lake Como are not exactly broken up over the breakup between George Clooney, their most famous resident, and Elisabetta Canalis, their country’s most stunning showgirl. “I mean, who is she?” said Jennifer Folloni, 25, a barista at La Lanterna coffee bar down the road from Clooney’s Villa Oleandra in this monied enclave in northern Italy. Sure, Folloni acknowledged, she has never met Canalis, but as locals played La Rosa del Texas and Billy Bones poker machines, she nevertheless expressed bewilderment over what Clooney ever saw in the Italian bombshell. Read full article > >

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George Clooney’s ex: Elisabetta Canalis is Laglio’s odd woman out

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Boom and bust

George Clooney is a bachelor again. The actor and his Italian girlfriend of two years, Elisabetta Canalis, confirmed that they had split Wednesday. “We are not together anymore,”the ex-couple said in a joint statement. “It’s very difficult and very personal, and we hope everyone can respect our privacy.” The when and why of the breakup is not known. It’s possible that the confirmed bachelor and the actress disagreed on saying “I do.” Read full article > >

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George Clooney and Elisabetta Canalis breakup

Facebook stalking too time-consuming for you? Now there’s an app for that. Facebook Breakup Notifier lets users pick friends whose relationship statuses they’d like to stay up to date with and sends them an email when it changes. “You like someone….

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Facebook App Tells You About Break Ups

Abyei, Sudan — A week of polling ended and vote counting began Saturday in a landmark referendum expected to result in the breakup of Africa’s largest country into two separate nations. After 50 years of war and a six-year peace deal, southern Sudanese turned out in high-spirited droves beginning Jan. 9 read more

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Voting Ends in Sudan as Country Readies for Split