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- Greek village priest held over church treasure dig
- Greeks bid farewell to film director Angelopoulos
- Greece 'will not cede budget control to EU'
- Davos 2012: IMF issues austerity warning
AFP: Saturday, January 28, 2012
Greece will not cede control over its budget to the European Union as has been proposed by Germany as a condition for a second bailout, Greek government sources told AFP on Saturday.
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Nuclear row: Iran President Ahmadinejad offers talks (BBC: Jan. 26)
Apple accused of ignoring labor abuses that can kill (MSNBC: Jan. 26)
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Business & Economy
Greek troika sees second bailout up to 145 bln euros-report (Reuters: Jan. 28)
Deal to avert Greek default 'within days' (RTE.ie: Jan. 27)
Hopes rise for Greek deal as US praises euro salvage bid (AFP: Jan. 27)
ECB at centre as Greek debt talks resume (Sun-Sentinel: Jan. 26)
Merkel says Greek PSI talks on "good path" (Reuters: Jan. 26)
Key Greek talks with private creditors to resume (BBC: Jan. 26)
Sports
Olympiakos, Atromitos make cup semis (eKathimerini: Jan. 25)
Xanthi paints the summit Green (eKathimerini: Jan. 23)
Olympiakos want Blackburn Rovers forward Formica on loan (Lancashire Telegraph: Jan. 22)
AEK draws 1-1 at Ergotelis in Greek league (Sports Illustrated: Jan. 21)
Katsouranis saves the day for PAO (eKathimerini: Jan. 19)
Sloukas buzzer beater not enough for Reds (eKathimerini: Jan. 27)
Triumph for PAO, home loss for the Reds (eKathimerini: Jan. 21)
On this Day
January 29
- 1983: Greece reformed family law giving women equal rights.
- 2000: Marina Varsamidou smashed Christina Panagou's 13 year old 400m indoors record with 53.54
- 2006: Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis played against Roger Federer in the mens' final of the Australian Open. Baghdatis took the first set but eventually lost 3-1 sets.
- Births: Aleka Kanellidou, singer (1945), Athina Roussel Onassis, heiress to the Aristotle Onassis fortune (1985).
- Deaths: Ioannis Metaxas, Greek PM during World War II (1941).
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