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Athens Archbishop Ieronymos told the Pan-Thracian Committee that Greece is being "blackmailed by its creditors." He described Greece as being water boarded. "They are drowning us, they are leading us to asphyxiation, until they achieve full surrender," he said....

Michael John Henderson has been sentenced to jail for seven-and-a-half years for stealing $1.3 million to pay off the debts of his Greek friend to underworld gangsters. The 58-year-old had failed to appear in Court at his original set date...