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Crisis-hit Greece scales back military parade
AP - Greece is celebrating its Independence Day without tanks and jets as it scales back an annual military parade because of its financial crisis.
Dollar mixed amid EU summit, Bernanke testimony
AP - Dollar trading was mixed Thursday morning as European leaders met to work out a rescue package for Greece and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified to Congress about ending emergency aid to markets.
EU haggles over safety net for Greece
AP - Eurozone leaders will Thursday thrash out how to throw Greece a financial lifeline, with Germany demanding that aid has to be a last resort and must involve the International Monetary Fund.
Portugal's main parties reach key deal on debt
AP - Portugal's minority government and the main opposition party agreed Thursday on an austerity plan designed to reduce the country's huge debt burden and avoid following Greece into a deeper financial crisis.
UK budget draws election battle lines
AP - The main opposition Conservative Party attacked the 'empty' budget of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's ruling Labour Party on Thursday, drawing up the battle lines for a looming national election around the weak British economy.
Euro edges up on Greece aid plan but markets wary
Reuters - The euro inched up from a 10-month low on Friday and Treasury yields slipped after euro zone leaders and the IMF agreed to provide a joint financial safety net for debt-laden Greece.
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