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The United Nations independent expert on foreign debt and human rights warned today that the austerity measures and structural reforms proposed to solve Greece s debt crisis may result in violations of the basic human rights of the country s people, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) reported.

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35 Shocking Statistics That Prove That Things Have Gotten Worse In America

#1 Median household income in the United States is down 7.8 percent since December 2007 after adjusting for inflation.

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Greece on the breadline: HIV and malaria make a comeback

Following savage cuts to the national health service budget, including heavy job losses and a 40% reduction in funding for hospitals, Greek social services were ''under very severe strain, if not in a state of breakdown. What we are seeing are very clear indicators of a system that cannot cope.''

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Now even the eurozone admits it has condemned Greece to never-ending austerity

There s a general view out there that with private creditors having agreed their 50pc haircut, the ''Greek problem'' has been solved, at least for now. Unfortunately, it has not.

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Greeks Rush the Banks: Nearly $1 Billion Withdrawn in Past Week

By Mac Slavo

The Greek people are realizing that the economic and political system as they know it is rapidly descending into chaos.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31336.htm



Greek Euro Exit: ''Army On Streets and Border Shutdown''

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European politicians failed to see that the single currency s existence is in peril, trying to blame the system s failures on individual countries.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31354.htm



Greece s departure from the eurozone could create a domino effect

for debt-choked Portugal, Spain and Italy, similar to that caused by the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy in 2008, experts say.

http://rt.com/business/news/greece-euro-exit-effects-467/


From Information Clearing House



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greece
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Greek
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Portugal
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Spain
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Italy
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Lehman+Brothers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=austerity
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=human+rights
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Mac+Slavo
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