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Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites

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ATHENS | BY MICHAEL KAMBAS AND LEFTERIS PAPADIMAS, Mon 29 Jun 2015, REUTERS Tens of thousands of Greeks rallied on Monday to back their leftwing government's rejection of a tough international bailout after a clash with foreign lenders pushed Greece close to financial chaos and forced a shutdown of its banking system. With a popular referendum on the bailout planned for … [Read more...] about Anti-austerity protests in Greece as bank shutdown bites

Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach

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By Helena Smith in Athens, Saturday 25 April 2015, The Guardian (UK) One compelling image has come to represent all the Greek people who treated desperate migrants like fellow human beings It was an image that has come to symbolise desperation and valour: the desperation of those who will take on the sea – and the men who ferry human … [Read more...] about Migrant boat crisis: the story of the Greek hero on the beach