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Greek lawmakers endorse austerity despite violence
Greece’s parliament approved deeply unpopular austerity measures despite worsening violence today, in a vote vital toward securing international funds and preventing the euro zone’s first sovereign default. Lawmakers approved a five-year package of spending cuts, tax rises and state asset sales by a comfortable margin of 155 votes to 138 in a roll-call vote, handing a significant victory