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Key Greek debt referendum document mistranslated – report

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 14:19 Last update: about 10 years ago

Greek voters faced with whether to approve or reject two documents from creditors, in a referendum to be held on Sunday, face an additional challenge: the translation from English, Bloomberg...

Greek referendum campaign begins amid grinding cash crisis

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 13:21 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The battle for Greek votes was in full swing Thursday ahead of a crucial weekend referendum that could decide whether the country falls out of the euro. For Greeks, particularly the elderly, the daily...

No compensation over faulty breast implants, French court rules

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 12:34 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A French appeals court ruled Thursday that a German product-testing company does not have to compensate more than 3,000 women with leak-prone breast implants — and now the women may have to pay...

Benghazi, where Libya's uprising began, now a shattered city

Thursday, 2 July 2015, 09:35 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The old courthouse in central Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city and the birthplace of the uprising against Moammar Gadhafi, is a shelled-out ruin — a testimony to the destruction and chaos...

United States, Cuba reach agreement to open embassies on 20 July

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 16:39 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The Cuban government says Havana and Washington will restore full diplomatic relations and reopen embassies July 20. The Foreign Ministry in Havana made the announcement Wednesday morning after...

Militants attack Egyptian army checkpoints in Sinai, kill 50

Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 14:42 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Islamic militants on Wednesday unleashed a wave of simultaneous attacks, including suicide car bombings, on Egyptian army checkpoints in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 50...

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