Sunday, December 21, 2008

Belgian King In Talks Over Govt. Crisis

From CNN:

(CNN) -- Belgium's King Albert II held urgent talks with political leaders Saturday after Prime Minister Yves Leterme offered his government's resignation amid a row over the break-up of the stricken Fortis bank.

The collapse of Leterme's nine-month government -- a broad coalition bringing together parties from both sides of Belgium's French-speaking and Flemish divide -- has pitched the country into the latest in a series of crises which some fear could break-up the country.

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