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Greek Parliament Approves Reforms As Eurozone Ministers Meet

6:31pm July 11, 2015

European finance ministers are meeting to decide whether to give Greece another bailout. Correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi-Nelson gives NPR's Arun Rath an update from Brussels.

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Workers clear rubble at the site of a car bomb explosion near the Italian Consulate in downtown, Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday.

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ISIS Claims Responsibility For Attack On Italian Consulate In Cairo

3:21pm July 11, 2015

by Scott Neuman

A group calling itself Islamic State in Egypt said it carried out the car-bomb attack that killed one person and caused serious damage to the diplomatic compound.

Serena Williams wins the singles match against Garbine Muguruza of Spain after the women's singles final at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, on Saturday. Williams won 6-4, 6-4.

Serena Williams Wins 21st Grand Slam Title At Wimbledon

2:12pm July 11, 2015

by Scott Neuman

For Williams, it leaves her one shy of Steffi Graf and at third place for the all-time women's Grand Slam record.

Stocks Manage To Bounce, But Commodity Prices Are Swooning

12:46pm July 11, 2015

by Marilyn Geewax

Prices for raw materials, such as iron ore, copper and oil, are down dramatically from last year. The price plunge helps contain inflation for consumers, but is tough on mining and drilling companies.

Roger Rees, the Tony Award-winning Welsh-born actor and director who appeared on TV's

Roger Rees, Welsh-Born Stage, Screen And TV Actor, Dies At 71

12:18pm July 11, 2015

by Scott Neuman

American audiences came to know him as the star of the adaptation of Charles Dickens' The Life and Times of Nicholas Nickleby on Broadway. He won a Tony Award in the title role.

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Greeks And Tourists Living In Cash-Economy Limbo

10:38am July 11, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

As Greeks wait anxiously to hear if their government's latest plan to win a third bailout has been accepted by European lenders, they are struggling to get by with banks closed and credit cards blocked.

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Running Low: U.S. Grocers' Supplies Of Greek Olives And Feta

10:38am July 11, 2015

Imagine: salads without Kalamata olives and bread without Greek olive oil. NPR's Wade Goodwyn talks with Costas Mastoras, owner of a Greek import store in New York, about how turmoil in Greece is affecting his business.

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A woman weeps as she visits the grave of a family member killed in the 1995 massacre at the Potocari memorial complex near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday.

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20 Years After Srebrenica, Anger Over Genocide Still Runs Hot

9:27am July 11, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who was attending a ceremony in Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the 1995 massacre, was driven away by a crowd throwing rocks and bottles.

Activists in Sri Lanka got an early start on the day of action, with a demonstration by 800 people in Negombo province on the Sri Lanka's western coast.

Boy Band Joins The Masses To Take A Stand For Global Development

7:39am July 11, 2015

by Nadia Whitehead

One Direction is one of many supporters of today's "global day of action," when citizens will make demands of their leaders. The goal: to send a message to the Financing for Development summit.

After Rejecting Referendum, Greeks Feel Betrayed By Latest Bailout Plan

8:22pm July 10, 2015

by Joanna Kakissis

Greeks voted overwhelmingly to reject austerity in a referendum last week. But now their government is being forced by European leaders to implement more austerity to avoid leaving the euro.

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