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Greek cabinet approves debt deal

Greece's cabinet Saturday approved tough austerity measures demanded by EU and IMF creditors after the prime minister warned that a failed debt deal and default would spark "uncontrolled chaos".

Riot police clash with a demonstrator during a 48-hour general strike in Athens. Greece's cabinet Saturday approved tough austerity measures demanded by EU and IMF creditors after the prime minister warned that a failed debt deal and default would spark "uncontrolled chaos".

The coalition government, hit by defections on Friday, approved the belt-tightening measures on a day that saw renewed street clashes between protesters and police and the start of a two-day general strike.

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    Discussion 1 : 11/02/2012 at 02:11 PM1

    "Humiliation was imposed on us. I do not tolerate this." --- but gross overspending was/is 'tolerated'?

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