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Martin Doyle cartoon: Greeks Beware of Receiving Gifts

Wednesday, 22 February 2012, 5:17 pm
Opinion: Martin Doyle

Martin Doyle cartoon: The gift the gods gave the Greeks

There are elements of almost Homeric depth in the rescue package that has been devised for the Greeks.
And like a key moment in a Greek drama, the protagonists have to make a vital decision...

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Martin Doyle cartoon: Greeks Beware of Receiving Gifts

Martin Doyle cartoon: The gift the gods gave the Greeks

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COMMENT

Keith Rankin: Haemorrhagic Plague?

Eugene Doyle: Did The NZ Prime Minister Just Commit Treason?

Binoy Kampmark: Ted Turner - The Devil Behind Cable News

Keith Rankin: Clipping The Ticket; Solving Hormuz, In Context

Ian Powell: Inhumanity Of US Economic Sanctions Against Cuba – Infant Mortality And Starvation; Time To End NZ’s Silence

Ramzy Baroud: Subjects Of Empire - Breaking The Cycle Of Arab Dependency On US Elections

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