And here again, Mr. Sarkozy has seemed to go even further, saying over the weekend that the euro zone should have the courage to re-examine its very foundations: the Maastricht treaty that set out debt and deficit rules.
Some U.S. stock investors declined to position their portfolios defensively going into the weekend, a departure from past euro-zone crises.
This past weekend at Imjingak, an area within the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) popular with tourists, business appeared down only slightly.
Leaders of the 34 nations of the Western Hemisphere ended their fourth Summit of the Americas this weekend with no agreement to create a free trade zone for the region.
Economic leaders met in Paris over the weekend and agreed to set major rules for the euro zone rescue plan when they convene again on Oct. 23.
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Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink struck the winner in the dying minutes against 10-man Stoke at the weekend to haul themselves out of the Barclays Premier League relegation zone.
Armstrong had hoped to compete at the Masters South Central Zone Swimming Championships in his home town of Austin this weekend, thinking it was not subject to USA or World Anti-Doping Agency codes.
On the BBC's Inside Politics over the weekend, Brussels-based analyst Nicholas Whyte thought that, even in a future more tightly controlled Euro zone, Dublin will still fight fiercely to retain its low corporation tax rate, although this may mean making budgetary sacrifices elsewhere.
While most of the freight will have been flown straight on from last weekend's season-opener in Qatar, the cloud of ash has created a no-fly zone over much of northern and central Europe and made it impossible for many team personnel to reach Japan.
Following the weekend political developments in France and the Netherlands, the German-inspired fiscal pact, agreed by euro-zone leaders in Brussels in December, could also be delayed or thrown into question.
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