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EU’s Van Rompuy says strong euro masked problems

LONDON (Reuters) – The strength of the euro masked underlying fiscal problems within the euro zone,Coach Checkbook Purses, the President of the European Union, Herman Van Rompuy said in an interview published on Monday.

“The euro became a strong currency with very small interest rate spreads (on government bonds). It was like some kind of sleeping pill, some kind of drug. We weren’t aware of the underlying problems,” Rompuy told the Financial Times.Rompuy also attacked the financial markets for overreacting to Europe’s economic difficulties and being swayed by “rumors and prejudices.”"The markets were too indulgent in the first decade, but now they overreact a lot of the time to small incidents,” Rompuy said.European leaders will meet on Thursday to set out proposals to convince financial markets they can contain a debt crisis by agreeing how to tighten economic policy coordination and strengthen budget discipline.A task force under Rompuy has started work on reforms to reinforce budget rules and changes are planned to tighten financial regulations after the global economic crisis.”Most of us are not happy with excessive market developments,Coach Patent Leather Handbags,” Rompuy told the FT. “But when you look at this in a broader perspective, the markets are sanctioning bad policies, sometimes excessively,Abercrombie And Fitch Outlet online, disproportionately and based on rumors and prejudices.”Rompuy told the paper European leaders were committed to implementing tough reforms to safeguard the euro zone’s future.”The toughest thing now is reforms in the budgetary field and the economy competitiveness, labor market reforms, the retirement age,” he said.”Of course, it will be difficult. At certain times there will be social unrest and political opposition to all this. But I know most of the leaders now. They are preparing to take huge risks because they know what is at stake for the euro zone.”(Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Marguerita Choy)

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New Israel pointman on Shalit appointed

JERUSALEM (AFP) – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday appointed a senior Mossad official to be the new pointman in efforts to free Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Gaza militants in 2006.

David Maidan of the secret service replaces Haggai Hadas,Abercrombie And Fitch Mens For UK, who was appointed to the role in 2009 by Netanyahu but who has stepped down for personal reasons.

An official statement said Netanyahu had informed the soldier's parents, Noam and Aviva Shalit, of the new appointment during a meeting at the premier's official residence.

After the meeting, Noam Shalit expressed his frustration at the lack of progress in efforts to free his son.

"The only new element is the nomination of a new negotiator," Israeli public radio quoted him as saying.

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Shalit, now 24, was seized in a dawn cross-border raid by three groups of Gaza militants include Hamas.

Netanyahu has come under increasing criticism for his government's failure to secure Shalit's release in talks, which have been mediated by Germany.

On Monday, a former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency said Israel should be prepared to release Palestinians convicted of murder if that was necessary to secure Shalit's release.

The last sign of life received from Shalit's captors was in October 2009 when a video recording showed him looking gaunt, but apparently in good health.

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Overpriced and aimed at the wrong audience, Sony’s PSP Go was never meant to be, but is Sony already halting production of the disc-free ultraportable? If you believe the latest whispers, the Go may be rolling through its final days as a viable much-of-anything.

On Tuesday, Japan news-watcher Andriasang said it noticed a blog by a possible Japan-based Sony Shop employee claiming that Sony told his store manager it was halting production of the Go. Ruh-roh,Jordan Heels! Andriasang adds that rumors of the Go’s demise began when a link to the system disappeared from the official Sony Store games page.

Andriasang’s been a reliable source in the past, but as of this morning, the Go remains available at its official page on the PlayStation.com website, where it lists for $199.99. Click the "Buy Now" link and you're put through to half a dozen first and third-party resellers, all of whom claim to have the system for sale. If you click the first-party “Sony Style” link (to the Sony Store page) you’ll land here,Nike Airmax Outlet, where the Go lists “in stock” and shipping within a day of ordering.

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Sony’s PSP successor, dubbed NGP or Next Generation Portable, should arrive stateside by the end of this year–assuming the catastrophe in Japan doesn’t slow things up. While you might assume that entails the Go's demise, it's still unclear what Sony plans to do (or when it plans to do away) with its current handheld hardware lineup.

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John Galliano, Fired by Dior, Checks Into Rehab

NEW YORK The designer, who was fired from Christian Dior, will now stand trial for his anti-Semitic slurs, the Paris public prosecutors office announced Wednesday. Earlier today, the designer spoke out for the first time to issue a public apology. He has also asserted the grounds for a defamation case, saying he was the subject of an unprovoked assault. Galliano has reportedly been persuaded by Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell to check into The Meadows Rehab Center in Arizona immediately. Karl Lagerfeld, meanwhile, condemned Galliano on Wednesday, saying "I am furious." But a question remains: whats next for Dior? Isabel Wilkinson reports.

John Galliano, who was fired from Christian Dior on Tuesday after a video of him making drunken anti-Semitic remarks surfaced online, reportedly will check into rehab immediately. He has been persuaded by his friends Naomi Campbell and Kate Moss to seek helpand is probably bound for The Meadows, a rehab center in Wickenberg, Arizona where Elton John and Donatella Versace have been treated, Suzy Menkes reported Wednesday. To fight his case, the designer also has reportedly retained the lawyer who represented Moss when she was accused of cocaine use in 2005. On Wednesday the Paris public prosecutors office announced that Galliano will go on trial over his insults, which are illegal in France.

On Wednesday morning, Galliano spoke out for the first time, releasing an official apology: Anti-semitism and racism have no part in our society. I unreservedly apologise for my behaviour in causing any offence." He also outlined the foundation for a defamation case: A number of independent witnesses have given evidence and have told the police that I was subjected to verbal harassment and an unprovoked assault when an individual tried to hit me with a chair having taken violent exception to my look and my clothing. For these reasons I have commenced proceedings for defamation and the threats made against me.

But as the news settles, many in the fashion community are trying to make sense of what this means for Gallianos careerand for the future of Dior. Karl Lagerfeld is the most recent to speak out, telling WWD on Wednesday: "I’m furious that it could happen… It’s a horrible image for fashion, because they think that every designer and everything in fashion is like this. This is what makes me crazy in that story." A more immediate question is what will happen in the coming days. Dior is still expected to show at Paris Fashion Week on Friday at the Musee Rodinand the design team is reportedly in a panic over how to finish the collection without their leader. And the presentation of Gallianos eponymous label is still scheduled to take place at an undisclosed location on Sunday. While it is unclear whether Galliano will appear on Sunday, spokespeople maintained that the shows will go onand continued to confirm seating assignments on Tuesday.

But a larger question looms: Who will replace Galliano? Widely credited with reviving Dior, the designer leaves some big shoes to fill. There is speculation that his successor will be selected from within LVMH, Diors luxury parent company. Names circulated include Givenchy creative director Riccardo Tisci, Celine designer Phoebe Philo, and even Louis Vuitton creative director Marc Jacobs, who checked into rehab himself in 2007. Outside LVMH, it is speculated that Lanvin designer Alber Elbaz is also in the running. A bookie, meanwhile, has already placed her bets on Gallianos replacement, putting Yves Saint Laurents Stefano Pilati at 11/8, former YSL designer Hedi Slimane at 9/4, and Kris Van Assche, Dior Hommes creative director, at 4/1. At this point, its anybodys guess.

Gallianos alleged anti-Semitic remarks at a bar in Paris on Thursday night were met with a mixture of shock, disgust, and sympathy. Then came the release Monday of a video of a separate drunken incident, at the same bar, by the website of the British tabloid The Sun. The clip shows Galliano hurling slurs at a neighboring tables occupants, who laugh and egg him on. I love Hitler, he says. People like you would be dead…Your mothers, your forefathers…would all be fucking gassed. Natalie Portman, the face of Christian Diors perfume Miss Cherie, was quick to condemn the video. I am deeply shocked and disgusted, she said. In light of this video, and as an individual who is proud to be Jewish, I will not be associated with Mr. Galliano in any way.

Its very common in France,Abercrombie And Fitch, said Joan Juliet Buck. But its the last thing youd expect from a wild, English bohemian from Gibraltar. He represented the opposite of the values that are expressed in anti-Semitism.

Galliano constantly pushed the envelope at Dior. After taking the helm there in 1996, he transformed the company from an outdated label into a sought-after global brand. Soon, he introduced silhouettes that conformed to the body, spaghetti straps, and dresses that looked like lingerie. (The first dress Galliano designed for Dior was a sexy lingerie dress for Princess Diana that she wore to Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1996.) He famously told The New Yorkers Michael Specter in 2003: My goal is really very simple: When a man looks at a woman wearing one of my dresses, I would like him basically to be saying to himself, I have to fuck her.… I just think every woman deserves to be desired. Is that really asking too much?

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While many in the fashion industry were quick to condemn Gallianos actions, others expressed shock that the designer could have uttered such remarks. When I, an American Jew, edited Vogue in Paris, I heard anti-Semitic remarks, Joan Juliet Buck, former editor of French Vogue, told The Daily Beast. Its very common in France. But its the last thing youd expect from a wild, English bohemian from Gibraltar. He represented the opposite of the values that are expressed in anti-Semitism. But The Guardians Linda Grant writes that his remarks arent necessarily surprising for a designer who trades on shock value. If you are breaker of taboos, then anti-Semitism is only another taboo, no different from any other, she writes. It has become the last frontier for those demanding freedom of speech, for whom everything, even the Holocaust, is fair game… Fashions obsession with transgression, its demand that Galliano shock us even more each season, has played its own part in the drunken bar rant. Likewise, designer Patricia Field told WWD: John lives in theater… Its farce. But people in fashion dont recognize the farce in it. All of a sudden they dont know him. But its OK when its Mel Brooks The Producers singing Springtime for Hitler.

Many feel that the incident is revealing of a larger problem. As an anonymous Dior executive told The New York Times Cathy Horyn, the company has received numerous complaints from clients who have been offended by Gallianos behavior in the past.

Some are expressing outrage that Galliano was sandbagged by the two women who captured his booze-fueled tirade with a cellphone camera. Hes a creative genius, and his work, in this case, must be separated from his personal p.o.v., tweeted Fashion Television host Jeanne Beker. Im sure the collection will be brilliant, as always. But freaky without John there.

Franca Sozzani, editor of Italian Vogue, also expressed sympathy. I am against and I condemn any kind of racism or any behavior that shows disrespect toward any religion, she said. But I would like to say that Im just as disgusted by these people who saw what state John was in and took advantage of the situation by trading on his name and notoriety. Its obvious that this was a bit inauthentic in the sense that if you are truly fighting with someone, you dont have time to pick up a mobile phone, turn on the video GIGGLING and mockingly film what he is saying… I am frightened by how quick these young people were to try to gain notoriety or money while destroying the image of a genius.

Designer Giorgio Armani, meanwhile, told The Daily Telegraphs Hilary Alexander that he felt sorry for Galliano. Its obviously a difficult time for him, Armani said in Italian through a translator. Im also very sorry that they videotaped him without him knowing.

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