Governments across Europe tremble as effects of global recession prompt angry people to take to the streets

In pictures: credit crunch protests in Europe

France paralysed by a wave of strike action, the boulevards of Paris resembling a debris-strewn battle���eld. The Hungarian currency sinks to its lowest level ever against the euro, as the unemployment ���gure rises. Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria in protest at low prices for their produce. New ���gures from the biggest bank in the Baltic show that the three post-Soviet states there face the biggest recessions in Europe. Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Feb. 2, 2009

The thumbnail stories of unrest in numerous countries in Europe and the accompanying photos suggest our real estate crooks and Republican lack of oversight of business in the US has set off serious political unrest around our interconnected world. The stories are real; the scope of their downstream impact is not clear.

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