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Greek prime minister: no new austerity measures (AP)

September 12th, 2010

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses the media during a news conference a day after his keynote speech on the economy in Thessaloniki, Greece on Sunday Sept. 12, 2010. The Greek government is planning no new austerity measures as part of efforts to pull the country out of debt, the prime minister said Sunday. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)AP - The Greek government is planning no new austerity measures as part of efforts to pull the country out of debt, the prime minister said Sunday.


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Greeks feeling pain from austerity measures (AP)

August 20th, 2010

For rent signs are displayed at the entrance of a building in central Athens, Friday, Aug. 20, 2010. The pain from the harshest austerity package debt-ridden Greece has seen in decades has kicked in with a vengeance. Unemployment is up. Shops, caught between higher taxes and consumers' rapidly diminishing purchasing power, are closing. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - The plan to rescue Greece from bankruptcy has kicked in, and with a vengeance. As the government slashes spending and hikes taxes, the deficit is way down —…

U.K. Finance Minister’s Austere Measures to Cut Deficit (Time.com)

June 22nd, 2010

Time.com - U.K. Finance Minister George Osborne announced a raft of spending cuts on June 22, warning that the “tough but fair” measures are the only way to pull the…

What Did China Get for Backing Iran Sanctions? (Time.com)

May 26th, 2010

Time.com - Not only were U.N. measures watered down, say analysts, but China’s massive involvement in Iran’s economy may have been exempted from the unilateral U.S. sanctions that will follow

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Russia’s Medvedev promises ‘crueler’ measures (AP)

April 1st, 2010

Dmitry Medvedev chairs a Security Council meeting at the Gorki residence outside Moscow on Wednesday, March 31, 2010. President Dmitry Medvedev, who recently said the militants had spread through the North Caucasus 'like a cancerous tumor', this year appointed a deputy prime minister to oversee the troubled region and address the root causes of terrorism, including dire poverty and corruption.(AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)AP - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has made a surprise visit to the violence-wracked southern province of Dagestan, telling authorities to use tougher, “more cruel” measures to fight terrorism.


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Sarkozy offers Greek support but no new measures (AP)

March 7th, 2010

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses the media after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin, Friday, March 5, 2010. Papandreou met with Merkel on Friday to discuss the current financial crisis in Greece. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)AP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered Greece “resolute” European support Sunday and vowed to wage a determined fight to deter speculation against the euro.


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Greece’s new austerity measures (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

AP - Greece has announced a new euro4.8 billion (US$6.5 billion) austerity package to deal with the financial crisis. Here is a summary of some of the key measures:

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