Tsipras' threat not to repay the IMF
Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras had at one stage warned foreign creditors that Athens would not repay 750 million euros due to the IMF in May unless they provided it with immediate liquidity, the Kathimerini newspaper reported.
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Edward Hugh: Are the IMF and the EU at loggerheads over Greece?
In his latest piece on Greece, noted economic analyst Edward Hugh wonders if the IMF and the EU at loggerheads over Greece?
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Ramadi falls to IS, hundreds butchered
Islamic State militants may have already killed up to 500 people, both Iraqi civilians and soldiers, and forced 8,000 to flee homes as they captured the city of Ramadi, a provincial official said Monday, while the government-backed Shiite militias vowed to mount a counter-offensive and reclaim the Anbar provincial capital.
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