The train window was so dank with mist anyway that it was hard to see anything at all except the reflection of my own dark figure hunched down under the baggage rack in my black tweed coat and hat.

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It was unable to raise money on international bond markets due to the massively high interest rates demanded for its bonds a reflection of the high risk of default that investors see in Greece.

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"On the contrary, if you look at the services sector, we see that the PMI continues to fall and is now at the lowest level since 2009 and this is a reflection of extremely weak domestic demand and with the budgetary austerity continuing in Europe for sure, domestic demand is going to remain negative in the near future, " he said.

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But, as Evan Davis and I discussed on the Today programme today (see right), the hardline rhetoric we have been hearing this week is surely a reflection of the fact that the perceived costs of a Greek disaster are not as high as they were in 2010.

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The fact that Mr O'Neill has decided to make the trip to Africa, to see for himself, is a reflection of this.

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