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Retired Greeks fear for their pensions

Retired Greeks say they fear for their financial future as international creditors demand the PM agrees to slash their pensions. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Reuters 

Retired Greeks fear for their pensions

Retired Greeks say they fear for their financial future as international creditors demand the PM agrees to slash their pensions. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Reuters 

Retired Greeks fear for their pensions

Retired Greeks say they fear for their financial future as international creditors demand the PM agrees to slash their pensions. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

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IMF approves $314 million disbursement for bailed-out Cyprus

The International Monetary Fund has approved a $314 million disbursement for bailed-out Cyprus, praising the country's progress in meeting fiscal targets while urging authorities to push ahead with structural reforms.

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North Dakota governor sees OPEC ceding global swing status

BISMARCK, N.D., June 19 (Reuters) - OPEC's decision this month to maintain existing oil output will fail to push rival producers out of the market because rising global crude demand should soon lift prices and boost drilling activity, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple said.

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UPDATE 5-Powerful Brazil CEO arrested in Petrobras graft probe

SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - Brazilian police on Friday arrested Marcelo Odebrecht, the head of Latin America's largest engineering and construction company Odebrecht SA, and accused his family-run conglomerate of spearheading a $2.1 billion bribery scheme at state-run oil firm Petrobras.

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Murray overcomes blip to reach Queens Club semis

LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray overcame a first-set wobble to keep alive his hopes of a fourth Queen's Club title with a 3-6 7-6 (2) 6-4 quarter-final victory over Luxembourg giant-killer Gilles Muller at the Aegon Championships on Friday.

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Human rights group says Cuba has 60 political prisoners

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's leading human rights commission on Friday accused the government of having 60 political prisoners, a number the group acknowledges includes armed insurrectionists, hijackers and spies as well as peaceful political activists.

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World shocked at enduring racism, gun violence in US

Often the target of U.S. human rights accusations, China wasted little time returning such charges following the shooting at a historic black church in South Carolina that left nine people dead. Elsewhere around the world,...

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Putin says Russia weathering sanctions, lectures West

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin boasted on Friday that Russia had found the "inner strength" to prevent sanctions causing a deep economic crisis, and told the West to stop using "the language of ultimatums."

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ECB boosts emergency funding as Greek banks bleed, Tsipras calm

ATHENS/LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Central Bank expanded emergency funding to keep Greece's stricken banks on their feet as a steady flow of withdrawals continued on Friday ahead of a summit next week that could decide whether the country can stay in the euro.

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ECB boosts emergency funding as Greek banks bleed, Tsipras calm

ATHENS/LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Central Bank expanded emergency funding to keep Greece's stricken banks on their feet as a steady flow of withdrawals continued on Friday ahead of a summit next week that could decide whether the country can stay in the euro.

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Joker Isaev keeps cool head to land Taekwondo gold for hosts

BAKU (Reuters) - World champion Radik Isaev, who has a reputation as a joker, handed hosts Azerbaijan another European Games gold when he got the better of Russian Vladislav Larin in a tense men's taekwondo +80kg final on Friday.

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Top teams set for Women's World Cup knockout stage

(Reuters) - The Women's World Cup enters what is expected to be a thrilling single-game knockout stage in Canada on Saturday with no clear- cut favourite after the top seeds all won their groups.