Newsdome: Europe bails out Greece, but Italy could be next

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• German Chancellor Angela Merkel

>> As agreed upon this morning in Brussels, European banks will take a 50 percent loss on Greece’s debt, hopefully reducing it to 120 percent of its GDP in the next decade. And that’s a good thing. Responsibility fell on Germany, which doubled the size of the Eurozone emergency bailout fund to $1.4 trillion—though who knows where that money is coming from. Now with one major economic crisis somewhat averted, the EU is focusing on Italy, which could be next in a financial meltdown. I smell #OccupyBerlin. (the New York Times)

>> Nearly 2,000 Occupy Oakland protesters gathered last night to demand the resignation of the mayor after Iraq war veteran Scott Olsen was critically injured by a tear-gas canister at the demonstration on Tuesday night. Even Egyptians are upset that a former American soldier stationed in the Arab world was hurt. (the Guardian, Twitter)

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