To: carranza2 who wrote (61481 ) 2/24/2010 9:05:30 PM From: TobagoJack Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 217734 it is good that all gold ever unearthed is still around, to be claimed by so many over however a long span :0) the italians would be claiming from turkey soon enough, and mongolia would have biggest claim ever ;0) just in in-tray Sent: Thu, February 25, 2010 9:26:31 AM Subject: ri-au-ot.... this and other recent events have all the makings of a fuse Greece wants Nazi gold returned as 50,000 strikers take to streets Published Date: 25 February 2010 By Renee Maltezou and Ingrid Melander in Athens GREECE has touched Germany's rawest nerve by accusing the EU powerhouse of not fully compensating it for gold stolen by the Nazis during the Second World War. • Protesters clash with riot police on the fringes of yesterday's main protest in Athens, during a 24-hour national strike. Picture: Getty Images The incendiary comments came as some 50,000 Greeks took to the streets of Athens to protest over austerity plans aimed at wrenching the country out of a debt crisis that has shaken the eurozone. The 24-hour general strike grounded flights and disrupted services. "No sacrifices, the rich should pay for the crisis," demonstrators chanted as tens of thousands marched on parliament. Scuffles broke out on the fringe of the protest, with police firing tear gas to disperse groups of stone-throwing youths. Deputy prime minister Theodoros Pangalos criticised Germany's attitude towards the Greek debt crisis and said Athens had not received adequate compensation for the impact of the Nazi invasion of Greece in 1941. "They took away the Greek gold that was at the Bank of Greece, they took away the Greek money and they never gave it back. This is an issue that has to be faced sometime in the future," he said. "I don't say they have to give back the money necessarily but they have at least to say 'thanks'." The German foreign ministry dismissed the remarks and said bringing up the past would not help Greece solve its problems. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE – Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology -link.mail2web.com