A German politician has warned Greece his country will not continue to pour money into Greece to keep it afloat. Germany has been the main contributor in providing funds to keep Greece's economy from collapsing. It has twice contributed to huge, multi-billion-dollar bailouts to help the Greek economy. Fears are widespread that Greece will go bankrupt, which could have severe consequences for the rest of the Eurozone and cause turmoil on world financial markets. Germany's Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich told reporters that he was happy for Germany to help Greece as long as it keeps its promises regarding austerity measures. He said: "We're not willing to pour money into a bottomless pit." IMF chief Christine Lagarde was unsympathetic to Greece's situation when compared to suffering in the rest of the world. She angered many Greeks when she suggested they were a nation of tax evaders. She told reporters: "As far as Athens is concerned, I also think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time.…I think they should also help themselves collectively." She added: "I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get two hours of teaching a day….I have them in my mind all the time because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens." Greece's socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos accused Ms Lagarde of "insulting the Greek people".

Beijing officials have introduced a new ruling aimed at beautifying the city's public lavatories. The Beijing Municipal Commission of City Administration and Environment has announced that there will be a limit of two flies in each cubicle. The city has directed its washroom attendants to pay greater attention to toilet cleanliness and be especially vigilant when it comes to flies. City spokesman Xie Guomin said the ruling was a "new standard for public toilet management". He added: "We will not actually count fly numbers. The regulation is specific and quantified, but the inspection methodology will be flexible." Mr Guomin also said there were no measures in place to enforce the ruling.

The two-fly limit is part of a wider initiative to improve toilet cleanliness in Beijing. It is a continuation of measures introduced in 2008 for the Beijing Olympics. The rules will be implemented in places such as parks and public gardens, tourist spots, railway stations, hospitals and shopping malls. Other rules cover the setting of standards on odours in toilets, the type of cleaning equipment used by public toilet staff and the cleaning of litter bins. The guidelines on litter say that no more than two discarded items should be left in a toilet and they should be removed within 30 minutes. The 'Beijing Times' reported that the city's toilets have improved greatly in recent years, especially those for women.