And that same year, 10 years ago, I headed north to the Phoenix Islands.

The first obstacle to a phoenix miracle is that governments remain in austerity mode.

It will not die any time soon in the Israeli aviary both doves and hawks are capable phoenixes.

Ankaa is similar to many of the visible stars of the night sky, being an orange giant of relatively average stellar size.

But, at the same time, it is unlikely that Europe s economy will follow the pattern of emerging market crises and rise, phoenix like, from the ashes.

One of them argued that, in Russia, autocracy rises constantly from the ashes, like a Phoenix, sustained by Russians passivity and endurance.

Perhaps the most popular resurrection theme, outside of specifically religious ones, is the one about the phoenix, the ancient story of the phoenix, who, every 500 years, resurrects itself from its own ashes to go on to live a life that is even more beautiful than it was before. Richard, thanks very much.