A homeless man sleeps near a shuttered store as a pedestrian looks on, near Athens' main Syntagma Square, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012.(AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
Greece agrees to cut 15,000 jobs
Greece's coalition government on Monday caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures.
Romania's government collapses
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US closes embassy in Syria
