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No Intention By Euro Zone To Give More Money To Greece At This Point

Wall Street Journal - Jan 23, 2012
By Costas Paris BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Euro-zone finance ministers have told their Greek counterpart Evangelos Venizelos that Athens shouldn't expect an increase in a planned bailout loan despite a deteriorating economy, people with knowledge of the ...

Athens pressed to revamp debt deal

Financial Times - Jan 23, 2012
Earlier the German and French finance ministers said Athens must deliver on its deficit reduction and reform plans if a second bail-out for the country was to be agreed in time to avoid a default on a debt repayment due in March.

Euro zone finance ministers to rule on glacial Greek debt talks

Reuters - Jan 22, 2012
By Jan Strupczewski and Ingrid Melander | BRUSSELS/ATHENS (Reuters) - Euro zone finance ministers will decide on Monday what terms of a Greek debt restructuring they are ready to accept as part of a second bailout package for Athens after negotiators ...

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Rick Steves' Greece: Athens & the Peloponnese

by: Rick Steves
You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Greece.

Following the self-guided tours in this book, you’ll explore Athens' most popular sights, including the Acropolis, Ancient Agora, and the National Archaeological Museum. Experience the culture like a local—enjoy an evening meal of souvlaki at a breezy café, then sip ouzo at a rollicking taverna in the Plaka. Line up at the starting block at Olympia's historic stadium, then set sail for the idyllic Greek island of Hydra.
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Athens Sights 2011: a travel guide to the top 30 attractions in Athens, Greece

by: MobileReference
This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual articles. Addresses, telephones, hours of operation and admissions information are included.

Please search for "Travel Greece" part of the Mobi Travel series, if you are interested in the complete travel guide that includes more maps and attractions with additional articles on history, cultural venues, transportation, districts, dining, accommodations, units conversion, and a phrasebook.
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Lonely Planet Greece

by: Korina Miller^Kate Armstrong^Michael Clark^Chris Deliso^Des Hannigan^Victoria Kyriakopoulos
Experience the best of Greece with Lonely Planet. Whether that's taking an evening stroll past the flood-lit Acropolis in Athens, enjoying a crisp white wine on a Santorini vineyard tour, finding your own private beach paradise on tiny Psara, or basking in past glories at Olympia's atmospheric stadium

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.
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Fodor's Greek Islands, 2nd Edition: With Great Cruises and the Best of Athens

by: Fodor's
Fodor’s Greek Islands
PLAN YOUR PERFECT TRIP
Full-color guide • Make your trip to the Greek Islands unforgettable with 25 maps, illustrated features, and 200 color photos.
Customize your trip with simple planning tools • Practical advice for getting around • Convenient overview of each island and its highlights • Easy-to-read color regional maps
Explore Santorini, Mykonos, Corfu, and beyond • Discerning Fodor’s Choice picks for hotels, restaurants, sights, and more • “Word of Mouth” tips from fellow Fodor’s travelers • Illustrated features on Greece's fabulous food and wine, hippest nightclubs, and most beautiful beaches • Best island-hopping cruises, archaeological sites, and Cycladic villages.
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Greek Battlefield: Video of Athens clashes with police

Greek anger over new austerity measures and layoffs erupted into violence outside parliament on Wednesday, as demonstrators hurled chunks of marble and gasoline bombs and riot police responded with tear gas and stun grenades that echoed across Athens' main square. Police said at least 14 officers were hospitalised with injuries, and at least three journalists covering the demonstrations sustained minor injuries. The violence spread across the city centre, as at least 100-thousand people marched through the Greek capital on the first day of a two-day general strike that unions described as the largest protest in years. Most of the protesters marched peacefully, but crowds outside of parliament clashed with police who tried to disperse them with repeated rounds of tear gas. Hundreds of rioting youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens on Wednesday after the mass anti-government rally against the new painful austerity measures. Police and rioters held running battles through the narrow streets of central Athens, as thick black smoke from burning rubbish and bus-stops set ablaze filled the city's skyline and obscured its ancient monuments. A gasoline bomb set fire to a presidential guard sentry post at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier outside Parliament, while running clashes broke out in several side streets near the legislature and the capital's main Syntagma Square. Nearby, groups of hooded, masked protesters tore chunks of marble off building fronts with hammers ...

 

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Athens Clashes LIVE: RT at Greece massive protest showdown

For latest updates, follow RT on twitter.com and www.facebook.com In the streets of Greece, arguably the biggest protest in years is now descending into violence. People are venting their anger against a new package of austerity measures the country is likley to adopt as soon as Thursday.

 

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Riot Wrong: FOX fakes Moscow protest with Athens clashes

Read more: on.rt.com News bulletins around the world have been following Russia's election rallies. But one channel stands out - America's Fox News has been showing streets ablaze, violent clashes and firebombs thrown at security officers, but with one major problem - the images are not from Russia, they're from Greece! RT on Twitter twitter.com RT on Facebook www.facebook.com

 

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Keep Shelly In Athens - Struggle With Yourself (Live on KEXP)

Keep Shelly In Athens perform "Struggle With Yourself" live in the KEXP studio. Recorded 11/11/2011. Host: John Richards Engineer: Kevin Suggs Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Shelly Corbett & Scott Holpainen Editing: Scott Holpainen www.kexp.org http

 

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First video of Athens night clashes as Greece fights austerity

Firefighters were called in late on Wednesday to extinguish piles of rubbish set ablaze by protesters in Athens after riots broke out during a demonstration by about 100-thousand people on the first of a two-day general strike. Violence spread across the centre of the city earlier in the day, following the massive anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures. Authorities said about 3000 police were deployed on the capital's streets. RT on Twitter: twitter.com RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com