Erstellt am: 20. 6. 2011 - 13:59 Uhr

Could a Greek default set off a domino effect?

Also on Reality Check: World Refugee Day * Gaza flotilla sails again * Cleaning up agent orange in Vietnam * The metrosexual revolution

• Could a Greek default set off a domino effect?

Prime Minister George Papandreou is trying to balance EU demands for austerity with the popular anti-austerity mood.

Greece is still trying to agree on a way to get the EU-IMF bailout, but there is more and more talk of the possibilitiy that the country will default on its debts. If that were to happen, the fear is that Greece would take other countries down with it, setting off a domino effect that could reverberate around the world. ORF's Raimund Löw is at the EU Finance Ministers' meeting in Luxembourg, and he explains the possible knock-on effect of Greece going bankrupt.

• World Refugee Day

Asylum lawyer, Georg Burstmayr, explains why there are so many misconceptions about refugees, and how attitudes in Austria need to change.

• Gaza flotilla setting sail again

Despite the violent incidents last year when Israeli agents boarded a Turkish aid ship heading for Gaza, the aid flotilla is planning to make the trip again at the end of June. One of the passangers will be Greta Berlin of Free Gaza, and she discusses the mission and why the Turkish ship will not be taking part this time around.

• Cleaning up agent orange

It's over 36 years since the end of the Vietnam war, but the toxic chemicals in agent orange are still poisoning the countryside and presenting a health risk for Vietnamese people. Now the US and Vietnam have agreed a compensation package for the victims, and the clean-up is getting underway. Chemical and biological expert, Richard Guthrie, explains the dangers posed by agent orange and how it can be dealt with.

* The metrosexual revolution
In the mid 1990s, British journalist Mark Simpson coined the term "metrosexual" to describe men who are straight, but take care of themselves as well as if they were gay. Now, Mark Simpson has written a new book, Metrosexy, that looks at how metrosexual is conquering the world.

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