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Updated: March 20, 2010 at 11:42 AM EST

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Pressure mounts on EU states to bail out Greece

Deutsche Welle - Mar 20, 2010
On the cusp of a European Union summit in Brussels, the EU Commission President has notched up the pressure on member states to release funding for highly-indebted Greece.... »

Greece will pay its debts, will not default: PM

Reuters - Mar 20, 2010
Greece has taken the necessary steps to tackle its fiscal crisis and will not default on its debt obligations, the country's prime minister said on Saturday in a speech to his socialist party's national council.... »

Greece slams church with tax (Sydney Morning Herald)

Greece bomb hits Pakistani leader's home in Athens (BBC)

Cretan pupils posed online with Nazi signs (eKathimerini)

EU: Greece under pressure over environmental mismanagement (Sofia Echo)

Bomb hits office of Greek far-right group Golden Dawn (BBC)

Baby dies after hospital circuit (eKathimerini)

Nova Makedonija: Gruevski, Papandreou will meet

Samaras: Gov't 'flirt' with IMF dangerous

Tension peaks in the Aegean (eKathimerini)

PM urges support of labor unions (eKathimerini)

Germany, EU at loggerheads over IMF role in Greece (Business Week)

PM calls on EU to make a move (eKathimerini)

Germany underwhelmed by Greek IMF aid option (Reuters)

Dutch fury at US general's gay theory over Srebrenica (BBC)

EU's Rehn calls for concrete Greek aid plan (Reuters)

Greece should consider insolvency if cannot pay debt: German central banker (Economic Times)

Bulgaria, Greece and the euro zone (Sofia Echo)

Germany: IMF help for Greece not ruled out (Business Week)

Obama renews Iran dialogue offer in Nowruz greeting (BBC)

Pope 'truly sorry' for abuse by priests in Ireland (CNN)

World powers demand Israeli settlement freeze (MSNBC)

Mexican violence scaring off tourists (CNN)

Swiss probe asylum seeker's death (BBC)

Obama makes his case for healthcare reform on Fox News (BBC)

Tax reform barrage finalized (eKathimerini)

Tax overhaul set to be unveiled (eKathimerini)

IMF expects EU to solve Greek crisis (RTE.ie)

Speculators seen increasing Greek borrowing costs (Reuters)

Greek jobless rate soars, pressuring budget gap (Reuters)

Greek Banks Look Abroad for Growth as Economy Shrinks in Crisis (Business Week)

EURO 2012 fixture draw in Tel Aviv (UEFA.com)

Standard sail past Panathinaikos (UEFA.com)

'Small details' cost Olympiacos dear (UEFA.com)

World Cup 2010 Know Your Rivals: Group B – Surprising Selections (Goal.com)

Bordeaux v Olympiakos preview (SkySports)

PAO makes the most of Aris win (eKathimerini)

Greek Independence Parade this Sunday in Tarpon (Suncoast News)

‘Skin Fruit’ in the Big Apple (eKathimerini)

Giannoulias to donate tainted money to charity (WBBM780)

White House Warms to Giannoulias? (Atlantic Online (blog))

Toronto’s Greek revival is alive and well (Buffalo News)

Greece urges expatriates to help cut its debt (Guardian)

Opinions/Articles/Editorials

A new service by Phantis, featuring opinions, articles, editorials and user feedback

Greeks resigned to tightening belts (by Daniel Proussalidis) - 20 March)

Or was Greece ’punished’ just for saying no?‏ (by Georgios Gialtouridis) - 7 March)

Greeks resigned to tightening belts

by Daniel Proussalidis

"Either we eradicate the debt, or the debt will eliminate the country," says the Prime Minister.

Daddy's War:
Greek American Stories
Author Irene Kacandes
reconstructs what happened to her
paternal family in Greece during the
Second World War and Occupation,
astore.amazon.com

On this day...

March 21

1935: A fire destroyed the city centre of Edessa.
1956: EOKA attempted to assassinate Cyprus military governor, Sir John Harding. The attempt failed as the time bomb, under the governor's bed, failed to go off.
1997: Miltiades Ewert resigned as head of the New Democracy Party.
Births: Manolis Chiotis, musician (1920)
Deaths: Kitsos Tzavelas, freedom fighter and Prime Minister (1855), Manolis Chiotis, musician (1970)