ATHENS — Homeward bound after the Trojan War, Odysseus of Greek myth had to pick a path through seas harboring a monster with six heads and a whirlpool that digested ships whole. Now, whether modern Greece exits the euro — potentially triggering global economic turmoil in the process — depends on the tough choices of Ivi Moreti and her 11 million countrymen. Read full article > >

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World on their shoulders, Greeks face epic choice

Veteran journalist Mike Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on US news programme 60 Minutes over four decades, dies aged 93.

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Veteran interviewer Wallace dies

NEW DELHI — A bomb attack Monday on an Israeli diplomat’s car in New Delhi underlines the tough balancing act that India has to perform as it attempts to manage its relations with the United States and Israel, and with Iran. Read full article > >

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India walks tightrope as U.S. toughens Iran sanctions

The UK retail sector faces another tough year in 2012, researchers say, with spending expected to rise at one of the slowest rates in decades.

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Retailers ‘face spending squeeze’

The Obama administration challenged parts of the tough immigration law in court, saying it could not be reconciled with federal immigration policies.

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Justices Agree to Hear Challenge to Arizona Immigration Laws

Half-year losses at budget airline Easyjet almost double due to increased fuel prices and the tough economic environment.

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Easyjet sees losses nearly double

The High Court is mulling whether tough measures for net pirates can go ahead or not.

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Digital Act heads to High Court

Libya’s increasingly violent leader attempted to rally his loyalists again on Friday, appearing in Tripoli and promising to “crush any enemy” by opening up his arms arsenals to his supporters. Gaddafi backed his tough words with a series of violent…

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Gaddafi: I Will ‘Crush Any Enemy’

King Abdullah must juggle the old guard and new reformers if he wants stability.

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A tough balancing act for Jordan

After years of papering over severe budget shortfalls, Illinois lawmakers Friday were closing in on a plan to raise the state income tax by 75 percent and refinance roughly $8.5 billion in debt in an effort to stabilize the state’s finances.

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In tough fiscal bind, Illinois prepares steep tax increases

The onetime Notre Dame defensive tackle sat in an underground auditorium of the U.S. Capitol, discomfited. Mike Kelly had come to Congress to change the ways of Washington. But first he had to be schooled in them.

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For the new guy, D.C. is a tough sell

Eric Pickles urges councils in England to make use of the £10bn in reserve funds at their disposal in the tough climate but local authorities say the money is set aside for “very good” reasons.

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Councils urged to use reserves

Wikileaks’ release of diplomatic cables shows it’s hard out there for a superpower.

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Tough times for a superpower

LAS VEGAS – The gambling economy here has crapped out, but at the swelling community college, workers are in the grip of new aspirations.

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Community colleges are getting an education in tough economics

North Korea’s artillery attack on a South Korean island Tuesday, coupled with its choreographed rollout of a new nuclear program, has presented the United States with a massive strategic challenge in one of the most dangerous corners of the world.

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N. Korea attack leaves U.S. with tough choices