BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Euro zone leaders agreed on Thursday to create a joint financial safety net with the IMF to help debt-ridden Greece and to try to restore confidence in their common currency after weeks of wrangling. Greece’s Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at a meeting of the European Socialists (PES) ahead of a European [...]
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ATHENS, Greece – Protesters hurled rocks and burning garbage at police Sunday as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose death sparked massive riots. Police fired tear gas at scores of hooded youths in central Athens, as several thousand demonstrators marched to commemorate the [...]
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