Crazy as such talk may sound to euro-zone governments that believe they have strained every muscle to save Greece from collapse, it will convince some people in a country where conspiracy theories (and, indeed, conspiracies) have a long history.

ECONOMIST: The Greek crisis

Another alternative is to let peripheral Europe leave the zone and rebuild it with Denmark and Sweden as a kind of "dark winter night" economic zone, based on sound principles and weak beer.

BBC: Ten points on the Euro crisis

Simple it may sound, but Pountney's partnership with Grayson has seen the Saints climb out of the relegation zone and qualify for the quarter-finals of the Heineken Cup.

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