Debts, downturns and demonstrations
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How much more can Greeks take?

Oct 8th 2011|ATHENS

THIS summer the euro zone's endless sovereign-debt crisis took a more dangerous turn, as the markets turned their guns on the Spanish and Italian economies. Neither country is out of the woods—this week Moody's, a ratings agency, downgraded Italy's debt—but attention has returned to the country where it all began last year: Greece.

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