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Greek parliament gives final approval to austerity law

ATHENS | Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:33pm EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/ ... 0G20111020

All but one of the ruling [duh] Socialist PASOK party's deputies voted in favor of [>] all the provisions in the law, despite two days of violent anti-austerity protests outside parliament.

LOST THEIR HEADS


Greek PM expels ruling party MP for rejecting austerity law

ATHENS | Thu Oct 20, 2011 2:15pm EDT

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/ ... SV20111020

former labor minister Louka Katseli...voted against a key provision of Greece's austerity bill

KEEPS HER HEAD


First look at US pay data, it’s awful

Oct 19, 2011 17:15 EDT

http://blogs.reuters.com/david-cay-john ... its-awful/

This means 3.3 percent of people who had a job in 2007, or one in every 30, went all of 2010 without earning a dollar.

In addition to the 5.2 million people who no longer have any work add roughly 4.5 million people who, due to population growth, would normally join the workforce in three years and you have close to 10 million workers who did not find even an hour of paid work in 2010.

CHART


20 October 2011 Last updated at 10:36 ET

EU referendum: MPs told to vote against Monday's motion

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-15382019

A petition signed by more than 100,000 people, including Conservative and Labour MPs, calling for a [get-out-of-Europe] referendum was handed into Downing Street last month.


20 October 2011 Last updated at 13:48 ET

Police warn Derry vigilantes will kill

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-i ... t-15381615

Thirty-six people are under threat from groups in Londonderry, according to the Peace and Reconciliation Group.

The Peace and Reconciliation Group was established in 1976 to promote a "peaceful [submissive to the UK] and inclusive [of traitors to Ireland] society in Northern Ireland".

Former [?] drug dealer Aaron Thornton, 24, left the city on Wednesday, and said he fears for his life after masked men attacked his mother's house in the Bogside.


Letter from President al-Assad to Sudanese Counterpart

Oct 20, 2011

http://www.sana.sy/eng/22/2011/10/20/376659.htm

President al-Assad stressed Syria's support to the unity of the Sudanese people and the territorial integrity of Sudan. President al-Assad also briefed the Sudanese president on the situation in Syria.

The Sudanese president stressed that the Syrian-Sudanese relations have maintained continuous progress in the interests of the two friendly peoples and countries, adding that Syria is being targeted by a foreign conspiracy due to its firm stances in support of Arab causes.


Oct 20, 3:32 PM EDT

APNewsBreak: Judge acquits cop of stomping victim

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 0-15-32-47

U.S. District Judge Kurt Engelhardt ruled Thursday that jurors didn't hear [>] sufficient evidence to convict Sgt. Kenneth Bowen of a charge he stomped on 40-year-old Ronald Madison after another officer shot and fatally wounded the mentally disabled man on a bridge after the 2005 storm.

LIKELY STORY


Oct 20, 4:13 PM EDT

Freelancer heard on NPR stations fired for protest

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 0-16-13-12

fired from a documentary program that airs on NPR affiliates because she helped organize a Washington protest

LIKELY, LIKELY STORY


Oct 20, 2:47 PM EDT

64 Navy sailors to be kicked out for drug use

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/ ... 0-14-47-39

mostly involving a synthetic drug that mimics marijuana

LIKELY, LIKELY, LIKELY STORY