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After Portugal, Ireland, Spain and Cyprus, Greece was the last eurozone member to benefit from an international bailout programme in the fallout from the eurozone crisis. In three successive programmes -- 2010, 2012 and 2015 -- the European Union, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund loaned debt-wracked Greece a total 289 billion euros ($330 billion). #
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Incessant downpours since Aug. 8 have caused the worst floods in a century in the southwestern state, and close to 200 people have perished in the rising waters and landslides. The India Meteorological Department forecast heavy rainfall in only one or two parts of Kerala on Sunday and withdrew a red alert in several districts. A Reuters photographer on a naval helicopter said water levels had receded in villages around the city of Kochi. #
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Is a 108-year-old veteran car the ideal vehicle in which to tackle a regularity rally through some of England?s toughest on-road terrain? Of course it is? #
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SEATTLE (AP) ? Right-wing demonstrators gathered Saturday in Seattle for a "Liberty or Death" rally that drew counter-protesters from the left while dozens of police kept the two sides separated. #
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More than two million Muslims from around the globe started the hajj pilgrimage on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, one of the world's largest annual gatherings in a country undergoing unprecedented change. The ultra-conservative kingdom -- where religion remains a guiding force amid dramatic social and economic reforms -- has mobilised vast resources for the six-day journey, a pillar of Islam. "It's the dream of every Muslim to come here to Mecca," said Frenchman Soliman Ben Mohri. #
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Israel closed its only crossing for people with the Gaza Strip on Sunday except for humanitarian cases over border incidents that saw protests and clashes at the weekend, an Israeli official said. A spokeswoman for the Israeli defence ministry unit that oversees the passage confirmed that the Erez crossing had been closed. Border protests and clashes on Friday left two Palestinians dead by Israeli gunfire. #
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Iran said on Saturday it would resist the pressures of U.S. sanctions by relying on its natural and human resources, as Washington pushes allies to cut economic ties with Tehran. "It is a critical moment for our economy, but we are not in a dead end," Vice President Eshagh Jahangiri was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. "This country has plenty of human and natural resources that can rely on." "The size of our oil and gas resources is number one in the world. #
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Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating links between Donald Trump's campaign and Russia, has detailed how the FBI missed a chance to question a London-based professor caught up in the inquiry. Prosecutors working for Mr Mueller filed court documents recommending a jail sentence for George Papadopoulos, a former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser. Mr Papadopoulos has admitted lying to the FBI about his contacts with Professor Joseph Mifsud. The professor is alleged to have told Mr Papdopoulos that the Russians possessed "dirt" on Hillary Clinton in the form of emails, before those emails became public. Prof Mifsud, who is Maltese, has denied doing so. The Mueller court documents said Mr Papadopoulos caused irreparable damage to the Russia investigation because he lied repeatedly to agents during a January 2017 interview. Those lies, prosecutors said, resulted in the FBI missing an opportunity to properly question Prof Mifsud. Joseph Mifsud denies telling a former Trump aide he had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton It was suggested in the documents that the FBI had contact with Prof Mifsud while he was in the US during the early part of the investigation. FBI agents"located" him in Washington about two weeks after Mr Papadopoulos' January 2017 interview. But Mr Papadopoulos' lies "substantially hindered investigators' ability to effectively question" the professor. The court filing said: "The defendant's lies undermined investigators' ability to challenge the professor or potentially detain or arrest him while he was still in the United States." It noted that the professor left the US in February 2017 and has not returned since. Russia investigation timeline: Every step in Robert Mueller's probe of Trump campaign alleged collusion The documents said: "Had the defendant told the FBI the truth when he was interviewed in January 2017, the FBI could have quickly taken numerous investigative steps to help determine, for example, how and where the professor obtained the information, why the professor provided the information to the defendant, and what the defendant did with the information after receiving it." Prof Mifsud was previously honorary director of the London Academy of Diplomacy, which is affiliated to the University of Stirling in Scotland. It was not clear if he still holds that role. In October he told The Telegraph he had known nothing about emails containing "dirt" on Mrs Clinton, and that he had a "clear conscience". The professor said he was ?upset" by the claims because they were "incredible". #
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The United States on Friday said it supported the creation of an independent commission to investigate explosions in Caracas during a speech by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro earlier this month, criticizing his government's response as arbitrary. "The United States condemns the political violence that occurred on Aug. 4, and urges the Maduro regime to respect the rule of law, exercise restraint, and safeguard the presumption of innocence for all accused," the U.S. State Department said. #
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Justin Bilton and his 70-year-old father barely escaped as the Howe Ridge Fire closed in on them in West Glacier, Montana. #