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on January 6, 2017 in World News

Majority of Greeks Regret Joining Euro, Believe EU Will Collapse

by Nick Hallett Most Greeks now say they regret joining the euro currency, while a majority also believe the European Union is on the verge of collapse. The Alco polling company found that 53 per cent of Greeks think joining the single currency in 2002 was “wrong”, while one in three believes the country should ditch the euro and bring back the drachma. Support for the drachma is especially high among younger Greeks, who are suffering the highest unemployment rate in Europe at 53 per cent. Kostas Panagopoulos, head of Alco, said Greeks have resented the European Union (EU) since the… View Article

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on January 6, 2017 in World News

Virginia Refuses to Track Refugee TB, State’s High Rate of Foreign-Born Cases Climbs

by Michael Patrick Leahy The state of Virginia refuses to track the number of refugees it resettles who are diagnosed with active tuberculosis (TB). This refusal continues even as the number of cases diagnosed in the state has increased for two consecutive years, from 180 in 2013 —  the year former Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe, a staunch Clinton ally, was elected governor — to 198 in 2014, the year he took office, to 212 in 2015, the last year for which data is available. The percentage of foreign-born cases of TB in Virginia has increased from 74 percent in 2013… View Article

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