Posts Tagged International agreements

Greece to get $170B bailout, reduce debt

Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde, left, speaks with Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos during a round table meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 20, 2012. Eurozone governments will likely approve on Monday a long-elusive rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, senior officials said. But finance ministers meeting in Brussels will have a few last issues to wrangle over, such as tighter controls over Greece's spending and further cuts to the country's debt load.  (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

BRUSSELS (AP) — The bailout has saved Europe, for now, but it’s unlikely to save Greece.

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Egypt sets NGO trial date, escalating rift with US

An Egyptian woman walks by a mural at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.  The mural reads in Arabic: "We bring them their rights or we die like them". (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
An Egyptian woman walks by a mural at Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.  The mural reads in Arabic: "We bring them their rights or we die like them". (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt said Saturday the criminal trial of 16 Americans and 27 others will start Feb. 26 in a politically charged case against foreign-funded pro-democracy groups that has badly shaken Cairo’s ties with Washington.

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Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Eastern Europe’s tradition of political revolt has met the digital age. This time it’s not communists or food shortages fueling fury, but an international copyright treaty that opponents say threatens freedom on the Internet.

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AP source: Agreement close on Burnett trade

NEW YORK (AP) — The Yankees agreed Friday to trade much maligned pitcher A.J. Burnett to Pittsburgh for two minor leaguers, a deal that clears the way New York to add Raul Ibanez.

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