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Small tomatoes sold at LE10 per kilo at a market in Mansoura, Dakahliya, 9 October, 2010. The recent jump in vegetable prices, especially tomatoes, has made it one of the country’s central concerns, prompting the government to hold a meeting to determine reasons behind the sudden rise in tomato prices.  
MSCI stirs fears about Greece and Egypt
Reuters 12 Jun 2013
LONDON - MSCI, the most widely used equity index provider, prompted market fears about both Greece and Egypt on...
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IMF admits 'notable failures' in 2010 Greece rescue
AFP 06 Jun 2013
The International Monetary Fund admitted Wednesday that there were '"notable failures" in preparing the...
Greek policemen face demonstrators in front of the Greek parliament during a protest part of the 48-hour general strike against an austerity drive ordered by its bankruptcy-threatened government in exchange for a European bailout, Athens, June 28, 2011. As parliament votes on the drastic belt-tightening measures to unlock 12 billion euros (17 billion US dollars) of blocked funds from the EU and IMF, public transport was halted in Athens for the fourth general strike called this year by the country's two biggest unions, with the exception of the metro whose drivers decided not to strike so as to allow Athenians to swell protest numbers.
Greece braces for 24-hour general strike
AFP 20 Feb 2013
Greece braced for a 24-hour general strike called by the two main unions in protest against austerity measures, ahead...
Violence erupts at Greek protest, parliament interrupted
Reuters 07 Nov 2012
Greek police fired teargas and water cannons to disperse thousands of protesters who flooded into the main square...
Three bodies were recovered and five people plucked alive from the Mediterranean after a boat capsized.
Migrant boat sinks off Turkey, children among 61 dead
Reuters 06 Sep 2012
AHMETBEYLI, Turkey — At least 61 migrants including Palestinians and Syrians, more than half of them children,...
Egyptian attacked by racists in Greece in stable condition
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Jun 2012
Ahmed Farid Awad, an Egyptian brutally attacked by neo-Nazis on 12 June on the Greek island of Crete, is currently in...
Greek conservatives win, head into coalition talks
AP 18 Jun 2012
ATHENS, Greece — Fears of an imminent Greek exit from Europe's joint currency receded after the conservative...
Police detain 400 'Blockupy' activists in Frankfurt, Germany
Reuters 18 May 2012
FRANKFURT — German police said they detained 400 anti-capitalist protesters in Frankfurt on Friday for defying a...
Police officers holding banners that reads "Police Officers Union" during a rally that coincides with three-hour- private and public sector employees- sit-in against austerity laws, Athens, December 14, 2010.
Poll shows Greece electing pro-bailout government
Reuters 17 May 2012
Greek voters are returning to the establishment parties that negotiated its bailout, a poll showed on Thursday,...
A protestor shouts in front of the Greek Parliament during a protest there on May 6, 2010. More than 10,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Greek capital as lawmakers voted on a drastic austerity package, a day after protests against cutbacks degenerated into deadly riots, police said.
Concerned about a euro exit, Greeks pull funds from banks
Reuters 16 May 2012
ATHENS — Greece's political leaders meet on Wednesday to form a caretaker government to take it to a second...