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Updated: March 18, 2010 at 20:38 PM EST

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Dutch Premier Says ‘Crystal Clear’ on Need for IMF Greek Funds

Business Week - Mar 18, 2010
“The position of the Netherlands is crystal clear,” Balkenende said tonight during a parliamentary debate. “Greece should hold up its own pants and we prefer the IMF.”... »

RTE.ie - Mar 18, 2010
A spokeswoman for the International Monetary Fund says it still expects the EU to resolve the Greek debt crisis even though the country is considering resorting to the fund for a bail-out.... »

Multiple strikes hobble Greek capital (UPI)

Greek power workers threaten to resume strike (Reuters)

Taxis, gas station owners join action (eKathimerini)

Three identified over assault on union chief (eKathimerini)

Messinia drive to feed immigrants (eKathimerini)

Pop star Julia Alexandratou's sex tape gives Greece a welcome break from debt crisis blues (The Independent)

Greek PM Pleads for Lower Interest Rates on Debt

Papandreou Seeks EU Aid Deadline, Challenging Merkel (Business Week)

FM spokesman on FYROM: Greece continues with positive policy, but sees no reciprocation

Greece staying in eurozone, insists PM (eKathimerini)

Greece warns it might revive IMF rescue option (Sydney Morning Herald)

Greece says it could seek IMF help if EU leaders fail to deliver (TODAYonline)

Christofias says will not seek re-election if no deal (Today's Zaman)

German spies may target speculators (Telegraph.co.uk)

France rebuffs Germany: no treaty changes for EU economic reform (Earthtimes)

Greece, the euro, and the Battle of Jutland (Telegraph.co.uk)

Germany risks having tables turned in Greek debate (MarketWatch)

Zapatero’s Bid to Avoid Greek Fate Hobbled by Regions (Business Week)

Obama makes his case for healthcare reform on Fox News (BBC)

Leslie Finer dies; Greece ousted journalist during '67 coup (Washington Post)

Palestinian militants launch first deadly rocket attack in a year (MSNBC)

EU's foreign chief in Gaza visit (BBC)

Clinton in Russia for nuke, Mideast talks (CNN)

U.S. believes al Qaeda still deadly but 'on the run' (CNN)

Speculators seen increasing Greek borrowing costs (Reuters)

Greek jobless rate soars, pressuring budget gap (Reuters)

Greek Banks Look Abroad for Growth as Economy Shrinks in Crisis (Business Week)

Greek unemployment jumped to 10.3 pct in Q4

Talk on IMF solution picks up (eKathimerini)

Feldstein Sees Greek Euro-Exit Pressure as Plan Fails (Business Week)

Standard sail past Panathinaikos (UEFA.com)

'Small details' cost Olympiacos dear (UEFA.com)

World Cup 2010 Know Your Rivals: Group B – Surprising Selections (Goal.com)

Bordeaux v Olympiakos preview (SkySports)

PAO makes the most of Aris win (eKathimerini)

Philippidis comes close to medal (eKathimerini)

Giannoulias to donate tainted money to charity (WBBM780)

White House Warms to Giannoulias? (Atlantic Online (blog))

Toronto’s Greek revival is alive and well (Buffalo News)

Greece urges expatriates to help cut its debt (Guardian)

Katsanis stands on his record in re-election bid (News-Sun)

South Australia Michael Rann: 'FYROM president steals Greek history'

Opinions/Articles/Editorials

A new service by Phantis, featuring opinions, articles, editorials and user feedback

Or was Greece ’punished’ just for saying no?‏ (by Georgios Gialtouridis) - 7 March)

The United States and
the Making of Modern Greece:
History and Power, 1950-1974
Author James Edward Miller
demonstrates how U.S. officials sought,
over a period of twenty-five years,
to cultivate Greece as a strategic
Cold War ally in order to check the
spread of Soviet influence.
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On this day...

March 19

1932: The National Theater opened. Its first production was "Agamemnon" by Aeschylus.
1960: The remains of poet Andreas Kalvos arrived in Greece from England for re-burial.
1975: Aristotle Onassis was buried in Skorpios island. During the funeral, Christina Onassis fell out with Jacqueline Kennedy-Onassis over the inheritance.
1983: "Vradyni" publisher, Tzortzis Athanasiadis was murdered in his office by left-wing radicals.