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<p>Blocks of unfinished apartments are seen on the outskirts of Madrid Thursday Nov. 25, 2010. Portuguese and Spanish borrowing costs have risen to near record highs as investors worried that the governments' debt loads will prove unsustainable, putting them next in line for a European bailout. Spain's economy remains stuck in the mire of an exploded real estate bubble as it struggles to emerge from nearly two years of recession, and unemployment is at a eurozone high of 19.8 percent.</p>

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Merkel, Sarkozy want quick bailout for Ireland
November 26, 2010 8 p.m.

Merkel, Sarkozy want quick bailout for Ireland

Merkel, Sarkozy want quick bailout for Ireland

BERLIN (AP) - The 16-nation euro currency will survive the debt crisis, German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed Thursday, and a senior central banker said the European Union would be willing to increase its $1 trillion bailout fund if necessary.