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Greek voters overwhelmingly reject bailout terms

Greek voters have overwhelmingly rejected international creditors' tough bailout terms, leading to fears that the cash-strapped nation was on its way out of euro.

Voters had been asked on Sunday whether to accept or reject the country's multi-billion euro bailout deal with the European Union that called for more austerity in exchange for rescue loans.

Beijing warns citizens in Turkey of anti-China protests

Beijing has warned its citizens travelling in Turkey to be careful of anti-China protests, saying some tourists have recently been "attacked and disturbed".

The notice, posted on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on Sunday, said there had been "multiple" demonstrations in Turkey targeting the Chinese government.

Relations between Turkey and China have been strained recently over the treatment of Muslim Uighur people in China's far western region of Xinjiang, who have been banned from worship and fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Trade in Services Agreement - Wikileaks Press release

While the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Pact (TTIP) have become well known in recent months, the TiSA is the largest component of the US strategic neoliberal 'trade treaty triumvirate. Together, the three treaties form not only a new legal order shaped for transnational corporations, but a new economic enclosure that excludes China, Russia and all other BRICS countries.

Poverty, Drugs, Afghanistan, Iraq, Terror, or How to Make War on Everything

War on drugs. War on poverty. War in Afghanistan. War in Iraq. War on terror. The biggest mistake in American policy, foreign and domestic, is looking at everything as war. When a war mentality takes over, it chooses the weapons and tactics for you.  It limits the terms of debate before you even begin. It answers questions before they’re even asked.

US To Begin Invasion of Syria

US policymakers sign paper calling for the division, destruction, and US occupation of Syria in an incremental invasion.

China rolls out emergency measures to prevent stock market crash 

An online survey by fund distributor eastmoney.com over the weekend, which polled over 100,000 individuals, said investors believed stock indexes would rise more than 5 percent on Monday. But many of those polled didn't think the bounce will last long.

"You're going to need the central bank to open the floodgates to take us back to 4,500 points in Shanghai," said an investment manager in Shanghai.

Episcopal church votes to divest from fossil fuels: 'This is a moral issue' 

“At a point where we are losing species and where human life itself is threatened by climate change, the church, by acting on it, is saying that this is a moral issue and something that everyone needs to look at seriously.”

The immediate impact of the vote is symbolic. The measures covers some $380m in church holdings, but does not cover the denomination’s biggest asset, the $9bn pension fund, or some $4bn controlled by parishes and dioceses. The resolution encourages those congregations to begin looking at divestment.

China share slump: Dealers to spend $20bn to halt slide 

The Chinese stock market bubble over the past year has been fuelled in part by investors borrowing heavily. Now that shares are on a downward path, policy makers are concerned the wider economy could be affected.

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 In Afghanistan it is not the Taliban that poses the greatest threat to women - it is their own families.

Afghanistan: No Country for Women

Thirteen years after the fall of the Taliban, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer oppression and abuse

Research by Global Rights estimates that almost nine out of 10 Afghan women face physical, sexual or psychological violence, or are forced into marriage.

In the majority of cases the abuse is committed by the people they love and trust the most - their families. 

While shelters are trying to provide protection and legal help to some, many women return to abusive homes because there is no alternative. Unable to escape their circumstances, some are turning to drastic measures like self-immolation to end their suffering,

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