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Thursday, November 8, 2012

Greece passes new spending cuts amid protests

The austerity package is intended to save the country about $17 billion and ward off a messy financial collapse.

ATHENS — As tens of thousands of protesters shouting "Resist!" swarmed the streets outside, Greece's Parliament on Wednesday narrowly approved its toughest batch of spending cuts yet in order to secure vital bailout funding from its European peers.





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