Monday, February 13, 2012

Athens Burns As Greece Passes Crucial Bailout Vote



Athens Ablaze As Greece Votes In Favour Of £110bn Bailout: Rioters Attack Police And Set Ten Buildings On Fire In Protest At Cuts -- Daily Mail


Greek MPs last night voted in favour of a controversial austerity bill as rioters again took to the streets and set buildings alight.

The punishing cuts to wages and pensions are fiercely stoking tensions in the near-bankrupt country.

Yet if the bill was not passed, Greece would have been denied a £110billion EU bailout package and finally run out of money.

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More News On Greece's Vote To Pass Austerity Measures .... And The Riots That Followed

Greek lawmakers pass austerity bill as Athens burns -- Reuters
Greece passes crucial bailout vote as country burns -- The Telegraph
Greek Parliament Passes Austerity Plan as Riots Rage -- New York Times
Greece approves crucuial austerity bill as thousands protest in capital -- FOX News/AP
Greece's harsh new austerity measures provoke riot -- New York Daily News/AP
Greece’s parliament passes new austerity deal amid riots that engulf central Athens -- Washington Post
Greek parliament approves new spending cuts amid protests -- L.A. Times
Greek parliament approves austerity package -- CNN
Greek MPs pass austerity plan amid violent protests -- BBC

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