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Monday, April 29, 2013

Greece to cut 15K public employees to secure bailout

ATHENS, Greece, April 29 (UPI) -- Greek lawmakers voted Sunday to terminate 15,000 public employees by the end of 2014 to secure another 8.8 billion euros ($11.5 billion) in bailout funds. The cuts will be the government's first reduction in the public sector workforce of about 700,000 since the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Court upholds Mubarak's detention period

CAIRO, April 28 (UPI) -- Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak lost his appeal Sunday when a Cairo court upheld his 15-day detention period in a corruption case, officials said. The 84-year-old would not have been released Sunday if he won the appeal, Ahram Online reported, as he faces detention... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 27, 2013

No pardon for Yulia Tymoshenko

KIEV, Ukraine, April 27 (UPI) -- The Ukraine presidential commission on pardons says there are no grounds to free former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, a prosecutor said Saturday. President Viktor Yanukovych asked the commission last week to consider whether Tymoshenko should be pardoned, Russian... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 26, 2013

George Jones, iconic country singer, dies at 81

NASHVILLE, April 26 (UPI) -- George Jones, the iconic country music singer known by generations for his distinctive voice and phrasing, died Friday in Nashville at 81, his publicist said. He was hospitalized at Vanderbilt University Medical Center April 18 for fever and irregular blood pressure,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Russian activist sentenced for plotting to overthrow government

MOSCOW, April 25 (UPI) -- Russian activist Konstantin Lebedev was sentenced to jail Thursday for participating in a plot to overthrow the Russian government, a Moscow court ruled. Lebedev, a leader of the Left Front political movement and critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, pleaded guilty in... Sign in to see full entry.

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