Crisis Deepens; Chaos Grips Greece -- Wall Street Journal
ATHENS—Greece's fiscal crisis took a new turn to violence Wednesday when three people died in a firebomb attack amid a paralyzing national strike, while governments from Spain to the U.S. took steps to prevent the widening financial damage from hitting their own economies.
U.S. Treasury officials have been quietly urging their European and International Monetary Fund counterparts to put together a Greek rescue plan more quickly to contain the damage, it emerged Wednesday, as U.S. policy makers worry the continent's problems could undermine a U.S. recovery much as U.S. housing woes hammered Europe in 2008.
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Greek Lawmakers Debate Huge Spending Cuts -- Voice of America
Greek PM presses austerity plan, vows to fight graft -- Reuters
Greece's austerity measures -- BBC
Greek parliament set to vote on austerity measures -- BBC
Greek parliament to vote on controversial austerity measures -- Deutsche Welle
Greece on brink of abyss as three bank workers killed in riots -- Times Online
Fire and blood on the streets of Athens -- CNN
Greek Economic Crisis Sparks Riots, Slide in Euro -- Voice of America
Debt Crisis In Greece Turn Violent As Fears Spread To Other European Countries -- Washington Post
Greece riots: Acropolis and other Athens tourist attractions are closed as debt crisis protests continue -- The Daily Mail
Greece crisis: warning to travellers over further disruption -- The Telegraph
FACTBOX-Greek commentaries on anti-austerity protests -- Reuters
Greek debt crisis: coalition won't solve anything -- Martina Stevis, the Guardian
Greece: Bailout only way to avoid collapse -- AP
FACTBOX-Progress towards approving emergency loans to Greece -- Reuters
It’s Not About Greece Anymore -- Peter Boone and Simon Johnson, New York Times