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Belgium EU Financial Crisis
Geert Vanden Wijngaert
Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan arrives for a Eurogroup meeting at the EU Council in Brussels, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Europe's debt crisis hit a critical juncture Tuesday, as finance ministers tried to keep Ireland's market turmoil from triggering a domino effect that could topple other vulnerable nations like Portugal and rock the region's currency union and shaky economic recovery.(AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)