Thousands protest in Greece over planned new tax
By DEREK GATOPOULOS A man on a wheelchair holds a banner reading in Greek “State benefit policy harms our health” takes part in an anti-austerity demonstration in central Athens, on…
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AROUND WORLD, THREAT OF AROUND WORLD, THREAT OF US DEFAULT INDUCES SHRUGS INDUCES SHRUGS
By BERNARD CONDON FILE – In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011, file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. The Treasury…
GREEK ADVISORY BODY: DEBT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN DOWN
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Parliamentary advisory body says Greece will need to write down its public debt to make it manageable and attract direly-needed foreign investment. In a report…
YELLEN IS OBAMA CHOICE TO SUCCEED BERNANKE AT FED
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and JIM KUHNHENN FILE – In this Monday, June 3, 2013, file photo, Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,…
LACK OF WORKER SKILLS THREATENS EUROPEAN RECOVERY
By LORI HINNANT and JORGE SAINZ Protesters at Athens university, wearing white masks, shout slogans during a demonstration, in central Athens on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. University staff suspended all…
UN: SYRIA REFUGEE CRISIS HURTING REGION’S ECONOMY
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR, Portuguese Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, right, shakes hands with US Deputy Secretary of State William Joseph Burns, left, prior the High Level…
GREEK FAR-RIGHT LEADER, OTHER LEGISLATORS ARRESTED
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Leader of the extreme far-right Golden Dawn party Nikos Michaloliakos, center, is escorted by anti-terror police as he exits Greek Police headquarters, in Athens, Saturday, Sept. 28,…
FRENCH BUDGET TRIES TO TURN PAGE BUT GROWTH WEAK
By SARAH DiLORENZO French finance minister Pierre Moscovici adresses reporters as he leaves the Elysee Palace following the weekly cabinet meeting in Paris, Wednesday Sept. 25, 2013. The French government…