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<title>Greek Friends - BETA / Published News</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece&amp;#039;s businesses try to reach wage deal with unions]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece039s-businesses-try-to-reach-wage-deal-with-unions</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece039s-businesses-try-to-reach-wage-deal-with-unions</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, June 1 (Reuters) -Greek private sector unions and employers&amp;#039; associations agreed on Tuesday to hold more talks on a new collective labou<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Cyprus property investment unaffected by financial crisis in Greece]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=cyprus-property-investment-unaffected-by-financial-crisis-in-greece</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=cyprus-property-investment-unaffected-by-financial-crisis-in-greece</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=cyprus-property-investment-unaffected-by-financial-crisis-in-greece</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Despite the ongoing financial crisis in Greece, property specialists in Cyprus say the country&amp;acirc;??s sales have bucked the trend and shown an une<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hard times in Greece prompt Albanians to return home]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hard-times-in-greece-prompt-albanians-to-return-home</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hard-times-in-greece-prompt-albanians-to-return-home</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hard-times-in-greece-prompt-albanians-to-return-home</guid>
<description><![CDATA[BILISHT, Albania (Reuters) - After the fall of Communism two decades ago, Greece became a promised land for hundreds of thousands of Albanians, a pla<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The two-pronged Greece bailout]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=the-two-pronged-greece-bailout</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=the-two-pronged-greece-bailout</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=the-two-pronged-greece-bailout</guid>
<description><![CDATA[When the Greece crisis first erupted, the choice facing European policymakers was clear. Should they bail out Greece, giving it all the money it need<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Albanians find themselves to be first victim of Greece crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=albanians-find-themselves-to-be-first-victim-of-greece-crisis</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=albanians-find-themselves-to-be-first-victim-of-greece-crisis</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=albanians-find-themselves-to-be-first-victim-of-greece-crisis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[After the fall of Communism two decades ago, Greece became a promised land for hundreds of thousands of Albanians, a place to make a new start after <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece starts drafting blanket smoking ban law]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-starts-drafting-blanket-smoking-ban-law</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-starts-drafting-blanket-smoking-ban-law</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-starts-drafting-blanket-smoking-ban-law</guid>
<description><![CDATA[On Monday May 31, 2010, 12:06 pm EDT    ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece&amp;#039;s government is drafting a law to impose a blanket smoking ban starting Se<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece to ban smoking Sept 1 in indoor public places]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-to-ban-smoking-sept-1-in-indoor-public-places</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-to-ban-smoking-sept-1-in-indoor-public-places</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:00:09 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-to-ban-smoking-sept-1-in-indoor-public-places</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, May 31 (Reuters) - Greece, a nation of heavy smokers, will ban tobacco in all indoor public places from Sept. 1 because a partial ban enacted<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Israel braces for Turkish, Hizballah, Hamas reprisals. Greece halts joint drill]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=israel-braces-for-turkish-hizballah-hamas-reprisals--greece-halts-joint-drill</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=israel-braces-for-turkish-hizballah-hamas-reprisals--greece-halts-joint-drill</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=israel-braces-for-turkish-hizballah-hamas-reprisals--greece-halts-joint-drill</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tags: Israel-Greece Pro-Hamas flotilla Turkey debkafile&amp;#039;s military sources report Israeli concerns that Turkey may not confine itself to strong <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Riot police clash with protesting Greeks near Israeli embassy]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=riot-police-clash-with-protesting-greeks-near-israeli-embassy</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=riot-police-clash-with-protesting-greeks-near-israeli-embassy</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=riot-police-clash-with-protesting-greeks-near-israeli-embassy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Athens - Riot police clashed with hundreds of Greeks protesting outside the Israeli embassy in Athens on Monday, just as the government cancelled a j<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek police fire teargas at anti-Israel protesters]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-police-fire-teargas-at-anti-israel-protesters</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-police-fire-teargas-at-anti-israel-protesters</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-police-fire-teargas-at-anti-israel-protesters</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greek police fired teargas at demonstrators protesting outside the Israeli embassy in Athens over Israel&amp;#039;s killing pro-Palestinian activists in <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hello Hello Greek PM&amp;#039;s phone cut off by mistake]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hello-hello-greek-pm039s-phone-cut-off-by-mistake</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hello-hello-greek-pm039s-phone-cut-off-by-mistake</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hello-hello-greek-pm039s-phone-cut-off-by-mistake</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greek telecom engineers cut off the telephone line to the prime minister&amp;#039;s house while attempting to disconnect a customer who was behind in pay<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pity the Greeks, Should the U.S. Bail Out European Banks]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=pity-the-greeks-should-the-u-s--bail-out-european-banks</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=pity-the-greeks-should-the-u-s--bail-out-european-banks</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=pity-the-greeks-should-the-u-s--bail-out-european-banks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[AM By: John_Mauldin Six Impossible Things Delta Force Reduce your Deficits! Pity the Greeks Should the US Bail Out European Banks?Alice laughed. &amp;quo<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Rival sports fans brawl in Greece]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=rival-sports-fans-brawl-in-greece</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=rival-sports-fans-brawl-in-greece</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=rival-sports-fans-brawl-in-greece</guid>
<description><![CDATA[At least nine people were injured in Greece as hundreds of sports fans fought a pitched battle in the central city of Lamia, forcing officials to sus<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece faces health supply freeze]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-faces-health-supply-freeze</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-faces-health-supply-freeze</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-faces-health-supply-freeze</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Athens - Greece&amp;#039;s debt-plagued state hospitals faced a supply embargo after providers rejected on Saturday a government compromise plan to repay<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Insulin provider pulls out of Greece in price cut row]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=insulin-provider-pulls-out-of-greece-in-price-cut-row</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=insulin-provider-pulls-out-of-greece-in-price-cut-row</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 13:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=insulin-provider-pulls-out-of-greece-in-price-cut-row</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The global leader in the supply of the anti-diabetes drug insulin is pulling its state-of-the-art medication out of Greece in response to a governmen<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek handball fans clash ahead of semifinal]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-handball-fans-clash-ahead-of-semifinal</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-handball-fans-clash-ahead-of-semifinal</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-handball-fans-clash-ahead-of-semifinal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LAMIA, Greece - A Greek Cup handball semifinal between teams AEK and PAOK has been called off after hundreds of fans clashed inside the arena and on <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek Cyprus halts activists, Gaza flotilla hopes Turkish help / PHOTO]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-cyprus-halts-activists-gaza-flotilla-hopes-turkish-help--photo</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-cyprus-halts-activists-gaza-flotilla-hopes-turkish-help--photo</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-cyprus-halts-activists-gaza-flotilla-hopes-turkish-help--photo</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greek Cyprus is on Saturday holding up aid ships to Israel-besieged Gaza as Israel threatened force to prevent them from landing. Greek Cyprus is on <br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek Finance Minister Fires 20 Tax Chiefs For Missing Targets]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-finance-minister-fires-20-tax-chiefs-for-missing-targets</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-finance-minister-fires-20-tax-chiefs-for-missing-targets</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-finance-minister-fires-20-tax-chiefs-for-missing-targets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES ATHENS -(Dow Jones)- The Greek Finance Ministry said on Tuesday that it has fired and will replace 20 tax-office directors acr<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece takes over BSEC rotating presidency]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-takes-over-bsec-rotating-presidency</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-takes-over-bsec-rotating-presidency</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-takes-over-bsec-rotating-presidency</guid>
<description><![CDATA[SOFIA (ANA-MPA / M. Borisov) - Deputy Foreign Minister Spyros Kouvelis referred to the great opportunity offered to the Black Sea Economic Cooperatio<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece threatened with supply freeze]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-threatened-with-supply-freeze</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-threatened-with-supply-freeze</comments>
<pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2010 13:00:13 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-threatened-with-supply-freeze</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greece&amp;#039;s debt-plagued state hospitals faced a supply embargo after providers rejected Saturday a government compromise plan to repay billions of<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek budget goal too ambitious as austerity hits]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-budget-goal-too-ambitious-as-austerity-hits</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-budget-goal-too-ambitious-as-austerity-hits</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-budget-goal-too-ambitious-as-austerity-hits</guid>
<description><![CDATA[* Analysts say Greece likely to miss 2010 budget target * Recession, austerity hurt construction, retail sector * Budget slip not seen big enough to <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Frogs invade road in Greece]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=frogs-invade-road-in-greece</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=frogs-invade-road-in-greece</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=frogs-invade-road-in-greece</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Police closed a highway in Greece for two hours after loads of frogs invaded the road! A horde of amphibians took over the tarmac near the town of La<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek crisis a window to the future]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-crisis-a-window-to-the-future</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-crisis-a-window-to-the-future</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-crisis-a-window-to-the-future</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In a Time article on the worrying debt situation in Greece and the wider implications this has for Europe and the world Nicole Itano, Lisa Abend and <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Now Greece is Hit with Plague of Frogs]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=now-greece-is-hit-with-plague-of-frogs</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=now-greece-is-hit-with-plague-of-frogs</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=now-greece-is-hit-with-plague-of-frogs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greek officials said a horde of frogs forced the closure of a key northern highway for two hours Wednesday. Thessaloniki Traffic Police Chief Giorgos<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Despite crisis Greece continues weapons purchases]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=despite-crisis-greece-continues-weapons-purchases</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=despite-crisis-greece-continues-weapons-purchases</comments>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 13:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=despite-crisis-greece-continues-weapons-purchases</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece &amp;mdash; Turkish fighter jets streak past remote Greek islands, shattering the calm of sleepy villages and alarming residents and beach<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[J.P. Morgan downgrades Greek banks]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=j-p--morgan-downgrades-greek-banks</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=j-p--morgan-downgrades-greek-banks</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:08 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=j-p--morgan-downgrades-greek-banks</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Banks Europe National Bank Greece SA EFG Eurobank Ergasias SA Story Quotes Comments Screener (7) AlertEmail Print By Barbara Kollmeyer NBGEGFEF DE:BC<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[New Protests Gearing Up In Athens, As Mayor Enters 29th Day Of Hunger Strike]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=new-protests-gearing-up-in-athens-as-mayor-enters-29th-day-of-hunger-strike</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=new-protests-gearing-up-in-athens-as-mayor-enters-29th-day-of-hunger-strike</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=new-protests-gearing-up-in-athens-as-mayor-enters-29th-day-of-hunger-strike</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The mayor of an Athens suburb is on day 29 of a hunger strike against austerity. Various members of Elliniko&amp;#039;s town council have now joined Chri<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Mass Frogs Swarm Town]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=mass-frogs-swarm-town</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=mass-frogs-swarm-town</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=mass-frogs-swarm-town</guid>
<description><![CDATA[UHOH Greece is only just now showing evidence of one of the ten plagues known to signal disaster ahead?! Yesterday a swarm of frogs swarmed a key nor<br/><br/>4 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Firm mistakenly shuts off Greek PM&amp;#039;s phone]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=firm-mistakenly-shuts-off-greek-pm039s-phone</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=firm-mistakenly-shuts-off-greek-pm039s-phone</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=firm-mistakenly-shuts-off-greek-pm039s-phone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece, May 27 (UPI) -- A Greek telecommunications firm said a technician error led to Prime Minister George Papandreou&amp;#039;s home phone bei<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hope is selling Greek property in Dubai]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hope-is-selling-greek-property-in-dubai</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=hope-is-selling-greek-property-in-dubai</comments>
<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Last Updated: May 27. 2010 9:22PM UAE / May 27. 2010 5:22PM GMT If you thought you had a tough job, try selling Greek property in Dubai.But Leptos Es<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece tries to renegotiate pensions with EU/IMF]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-tries-to-renegotiate-pensions-with-euimf</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-tries-to-renegotiate-pensions-with-euimf</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-tries-to-renegotiate-pensions-with-euimf</guid>
<description><![CDATA[In the first sign of glitches over the 3-year bailout plan, officials said they wanted the EU and IMF to agree full pensions should be payable after <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece&amp;#039;s Motor Oil profit falls 35 pct y/y, beats fcast]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece039s-motor-oil-profit-falls-35-pct-yy-beats-fcast</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece039s-motor-oil-profit-falls-35-pct-yy-beats-fcast</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:05 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece039s-motor-oil-profit-falls-35-pct-yy-beats-fcast</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, May 26 (Reuters) - Greek refiner Motor Oil (MORr. AT Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) slipped to 35.8 mi<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[World Cup Tickets Sell to Greek Fans by the Thousand, Despite Economic Crisis]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=world-cup-tickets-sell-to-greek-fans-by-the-thousand-despite-economic-crisis</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=world-cup-tickets-sell-to-greek-fans-by-the-thousand-despite-economic-crisis</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=world-cup-tickets-sell-to-greek-fans-by-the-thousand-despite-economic-crisis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Athens (dpa) - Greeks may be feeling of the pinch of the economic crisis but one area where austerity has been cast aside is on the playing field as <br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Frogs invade Greek highway, paralyse traffic]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=frogs-invade-greek-highway-paralyse-traffic</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=frogs-invade-greek-highway-paralyse-traffic</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=frogs-invade-greek-highway-paralyse-traffic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Traffic was paralysed along a highway in northern Greece for several hours Wednesday after thousands of frogs suddenly jumped onto the road, startlin<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[What economic crisis Thousands of Greeks head to World Cup]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=what-economic-crisis-thousands-of-greeks-head-to-world-cup</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=what-economic-crisis-thousands-of-greeks-head-to-world-cup</comments>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 13:00:04 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=what-economic-crisis-thousands-of-greeks-head-to-world-cup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Greeks may be feeling of the pinch of the economic crisis but one area where austerity has been cast aside is on the playing field as thousands of fa<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece shakes up tax office, probes employees]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-shakes-up-tax-office-probes-employees</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-shakes-up-tax-office-probes-employees</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-shakes-up-tax-office-probes-employees</guid>
<description><![CDATA[LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Greek Finance Ministry on Tuesday said it would shake up its tax office, replacing directors who failed to meet collectio<br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece resident Anthony DiPonzio released from hospital]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-resident-anthony-diponzio-released-from-hospital</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-resident-anthony-diponzio-released-from-hospital</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:07 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-resident-anthony-diponzio-released-from-hospital</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Rochester Police officer and Greece native Anthony DiPonzio has been released from the hospital. He suffered a seizure two days ago and was taken to <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greece School Board tells Superintendent to come up with new budget]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-school-board-tells-superintendent-to-come-up-with-new-budget</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-school-board-tells-superintendent-to-come-up-with-new-budget</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greece-school-board-tells-superintendent-to-come-up-with-new-budget</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Posted at: 05/25/2010 8:00 AM    It was back to the drawing board for the Greece School District, after voters rejected a budget last week that inclu<br/><br/>3 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek workers protest, heckle culture minister on Acropolis]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-workers-protest-heckle-culture-minister-on-acropolis</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-workers-protest-heckle-culture-minister-on-acropolis</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-workers-protest-heckle-culture-minister-on-acropolis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[About 200 culture ministry staff staged a protest on Tuesday at the Acropolis, Greece&amp;#039;s best-known monument, to demand permanent jobs after bein<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Greek cash troubles surface on Acropolis, as officials unveil major restoration]]></title>
<link>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-cash-troubles-surface-on-acropolis-as-officials-unveil-major-restoration</link>
<comments>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-cash-troubles-surface-on-acropolis-as-officials-unveil-major-restoration</comments>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 13:00:06 PDT</pubDate>
<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
<category>News</category>
<guid>http://www.greekfriends.com.au/story.php?title=greek-cash-troubles-surface-on-acropolis-as-officials-unveil-major-restoration</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ATHENS, Greece - Greece&amp;#039;s economic problems surfaced at the country&amp;#039;s best-known ancient site Tuesday, as unpaid cultural heritage workers <br/><br/>2 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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