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Times: Tsipras has only one option to avert disaster – become a capitalist!

The next few days will show if Greece has any possibility of staying in the Eurozone, according to noted Times reporter and columnist Simon Nixon.

 

The journalist charged that the past two months were “lost” and he noted that Alexis Tsipras was convinced that seeking “blank checks” from partners is a lesson in futility.

 

US Congress Calls on Obama to Send 'Lethal Aid' to Ukraine

The House of Representatives in Washington has adopted a non-binding resolution urging US President Barack Obama to provide Ukraine with weapons.

An overwhelming majority (348-48) of both Republicans (dominating Congress's both chambers) and Democrats are behind the initiative, calling on the move as a measure to help Kiev defend itself against what they call "Russian aggression".

US Republican Ted Cruz confirms 2016 presidential bid

Republican US Senator Ted Cruz confirmed Monday he will run for president in 2016, the first major candidate to officially declare a bid in the next race for the White House.
      
"I'm running for president and I hope to earn your support!" the right-wing Texas conservative said on Twitter.
      

74 US senators urge Kerry to address press freedom in Turkey

U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, along with 73 other United States senators, wrote a letter on March 18 to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to urge the State Department to immediately address issues "stemming from of the intimidation of journalists and censorship of the media" in Turkey.

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