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Friday, January 27, 2012
Greece says it is “one step away” from completing an agreement with its private creditors to cut $130 billion of its debt.
Greece
Thebes farmers turn Syntagma into open-air market (eKathimerini: Jan. 25)
Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos dies in accident (CBS News: Jan. 24)
Greece names and prosecutes celebrity tax evaders (Guardian: Jan. 23)
Prosecutor recommends arrest of ex-mayor of Thessaloniki (Jan. 20) 
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Police operation busts N. Greece rackets (eKathimerini: Jan. 19)
Politics
Greece: ‘One step away’ from debt deal (Jan. 27)
LAOS leader refuses to give signature (eKathimerini: Jan. 27)
EU, IMF press Greece on reforms before aid flows (Reuters: Jan. 27)
Greece resumes talks on debt writedown (Jan. 26)
PM to speak to party leaders about dissent in ranks (eKathimerini: Jan. 26)
FYROM Deputy PM in Athens (Jan. 25)
World News
Spain's unemployment total passes five million (BBC: Jan. 27)
Costa Concordia company offers passengers compensation (BBC: Jan. 27)
Finance chiefs reassure business leaders at Davos (Associated Press: Jan. 27)
Cameron denounces 'mad' tax in attack on Europe (AFP: Jan. 26)
Asteroid to make near-miss fly-by (BBC: Jan. 27)
Nuclear row: Iran President Ahmadinejad offers talks (BBC: Jan. 26)
Apple accused of ignoring labor abuses that can kill (MSNBC: Jan. 26)
Julia Gillard 'rescued' amid Australia Day protests (BBC: Jan. 26)
Somalia: Western hostages freed in US military raid (BBC: Jan. 25)
Business & Economy
Deal to avert Greek default 'within days' (RTE.ie: Jan. 27)
Hopes rise for Greek deal as US praises euro salvage bid (AFP: Jan. 27)
ECB at centre as Greek debt talks resume (Sun-Sentinel: Jan. 26)
Merkel says Greek PSI talks on "good path" (Reuters: Jan. 26)
Key Greek talks with private creditors to resume (BBC: Jan. 26)
Private creditors to send experts to Greece for deal (AFP: Jan. 25)
Sports
Olympiakos, Atromitos make cup semis (eKathimerini: Jan. 25)
Xanthi paints the summit Green (eKathimerini: Jan. 23)
Olympiakos want Blackburn Rovers forward Formica on loan (Lancashire Telegraph: Jan. 22)
AEK draws 1-1 at Ergotelis in Greek league (Sports Illustrated: Jan. 21)
Katsouranis saves the day for PAO (eKathimerini: Jan. 19)
United and Arsenal miss out as Inter swoop for keeper Kapino (Daily Mail: Jan. 18)
Sloukas buzzer beater not enough for Reds (eKathimerini: Jan. 27)
Triumph for PAO, home loss for the Reds (eKathimerini: Jan. 21)
On this Day
January 27
- 1944:Athanassios Sembos made the first attempt to set up a journalists' union after the war ended. The second attempt took place on May 17, 1947. The union assumed legal existence after 1952.
- 1990: An Athens Appellate Court acquitted Police Officer Athanasios Melistas in the 1985 shooting of 15-year old student Kaltezas.
- 2005: During a thunderstorm, a lighting bolt hit a support cable of the Rio-Antirrio Bridge. The fire was placed under control immediately, but questions arose over the security of the bridge.
- Births: Alexandros Kotzias, author (1925)
- Deaths: Georgios Grivas-Digenis, commander of EOKA (1974), Philopemen Finos, Film producer ( 1977), Stratis Tsirkas, writer (1980)
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Nightmare of disorderly default focuses minds on Greece (Globe and Mail: Jan. 27)
Cameron denounces 'mad' tax in attack on Europe (AFP: Jan. 26)
ECB at centre as Greek debt talks resume (Sun-Sentinel: Jan. 26)
PM to speak to party leaders about dissent in ranks (eKathimerini: Jan. 26)
LAOS leader refuses to give signature (eKathimerini: Jan. 27)
Key Greek talks with private creditors to resume (BBC: Jan. 26)
Apple accused of ignoring labor abuses that can kill (MSNBC: Jan. 26)
Julia Gillard 'rescued' amid Australia Day protests (BBC: Jan. 26)
Nuclear row: Iran President Ahmadinejad offers talks (BBC: Jan. 26)
Greece names and prosecutes celebrity tax evaders (Guardian: Jan. 23)
Ex-CIA agent John Kiriakou charged over leaks (BBC: Jan. 23)
Thebes farmers turn Syntagma into open-air market (eKathimerini: Jan. 25)
Angela Merkel casts doubt on saving Greece from financial meltdown (Guardian: Jan. 25)
Greek filmmaker Theo Angelopoulos dies in accident (CBS News: Jan. 24)
Greece's creditors leave Athens, talks to continue (Reuters: Jan. 21)
Xanthi paints the summit Green (eKathimerini: Jan. 23)
FYROM Deputy PM in Athens (Jan. 25)
Prosecutor recommends arrest of ex-mayor of Thessaloniki (Jan. 20) 2 comments
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