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Photograph: City Image/Alamy 9.03am GMT EU summit may take rough edges off asuterity Over in Brussels, the summit continues but leaders are unlikely to take any far-reaching decisions.
Your path may take you through some rough and dangerous areas where you don't want to leave the car, but it will also take you to beautiful vistas and exciting destinations.
The likeliest outcome was agreement on a set of policies that may take a little of the rough edges off the austerity packages, by delivering several billion euros to fight youth unemployment in the worst-hit areas or slightly relaxing budget deficit ceilings by allowing big public investment projects deemed eventually to be contributing to growth to be taken out of the calculation.
But some advocates for the homeless are alarmed by government hints that, once solutions for rough sleepers are in place, the police may take tougher measures against beggars and drinkers, who give city centres a bad name.
The saw will cut through a 1-carat rough diamond in four to eight hours, unless it strikes a knot, in which case it may take much longer.
