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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Greece simmers as Antonis Samaras government passes more austerity cuts

austerity measures, including thousands of public-sector job cuts and transfers, demanded by the country's creditors to keep vital bailout loans flowing.MPs backed the cutbacks in an article-by-article vote early on Thursday morning, with two of the governing coalition's 155 deputies failing to back crucial articles.It was the first major test for conservative prime minister Antonis ...

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