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    Euro puts tiny Malta on the map big time

    VALLETTA
    Mon May 14, 2007 8:12am EDT

    VALLETTA (Reuters) - When Malta adopts the euro next year, the tiny Mediterranean island will get an unexpected boost to its international stature.

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    New euro coins and notes show Malta to be much bigger than it actually is, The Times newspaper reported Monday, because the island is too small for the minting machines to show it on the same scale as other euro zone countries.

    As a result Malta, which is only 27 km (17 miles) long, is shown to be as large as Corsica, which is 183 km (114 miles) long.

    Malta adopts the euro on January 1, 2008.
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