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Cash crisis in Greece affecting ordinary people

Lettuce farmer Andonis Vezyroglou is suffering from the effects of the Greek debt crisis, first hand. “We expected some drop in sales,” he says. “But we did not have a clue what it would mean.” [caption id="attachment_18093" align="alignright" width="648"]greece_atm-800x533 Athens, Greece. 27 June 2015 — People line up at an ATM outside a branch of Piraeus Bank, in Athens. Photo by Alexandros Michailidis. Copyright Demotix[/caption] So far, his sales have dropped between 20 and 25 percent in the past week, and he has no idea how much fu...

Major powers turn the screws for Iran nuclear deal

Foreign ministers from major powers were set Thursday to turn the screws on Iran to finalise a historic nuclear deal on the eve of a deadline to present it to US lawmakers. If the US Congress does not receive the text by early Friday morning Vienna time—midnight in Washington—it makes the approval process longer and potentially more problematic. But despite this pressure, and almost two weeks of talks in the Austrian capital, it is unclear whether an accord aimed at ending a 13-year standoff can be sewn up at all, let alone in time, AFP reports. Iran nuclear d... </div><!-- .entry-content --> </article><!-- #post-## --> <div class=

Deadly car bombs hit Yemen, day after almost 200 killed

[caption id="attachment_17897" align="alignright" width="570"]car-bomb-yemen.jpg-ns People check a car damaged by a car bomb attack near a mosque in Yemen's capital Sanaa July 7, 2015, Photo: Reuters[/caption] Two deadly car bombs hit the capital Sanaa and a southern city in Yemen on Tuesday, state news agency Saba reported, a day after air strike and clashes killed almost 200 people nationwide. Islamic State in Yemen claimed responsibility in a statement posted online for the Sanaa attack, latest in a string of recent actions by the hardlin...

28 killed in Darjeeling landslides

At least 28 people have been killed in landslides triggered by heavy rain in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong sub-divisions of Darjeeling district in West Bengal last night. Most of the bodies of the victims were recovered while the rescue operation continues, reports BSS. darjilling landslideAn officer of Shashatra Seema Bal (SSB) told reporters today that the landslides have caused extensive damage to national highways disrupting road communications and telecommunication between Darjeeling and Sikkim. Twenty ...

Indonesia plane crash kills 116

At least 116 people were killed yesterday when an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed into a major city shortly after take-off and exploded in a fireball, officials said. [caption id="attachment_17546" align="alignleft" width="300"]plane_0 Indonesian rescue personnel work at the scene of an Indonesian military C-130 Hercules aircraft crash in Medan yesterday. An Indonesian military transport plane crashed shortly after take-off in a city on Sumatra island, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Photo: AFP[/caption] Buildings wer...

Deadly attack on tourist beach in Tunisia

At least 27 people have been killed in an attack on a tourist hotel in the Tunisian resort town of Sousse, according to the interior ministry. bbc_mapAt least one gunman has been shot dead and another is being pursued, officials say. Sousse is a popular tourist destination. Tunisia has been on high alert since March when militants killed 22 people, mainly foreign tourists, in an attack on a museum in the capital Tunis. The interior ministry told the BBC “a terrorist attack” was ongoing.

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