Eurozone agrees new Greek bailoutGreek Prime Minister George Papandreou (l), European Council President Herman Van Rompuy (c) and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso

Leaders of the Eurozone countries have agreed a new bailout package for Greece worth 109bn euros ($155 billion, £96.3bn).


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A punishing heat-wave settles over the central and eastern US, with millions enduring temperatures up to 43C (110F), and as many as 22 deaths.

Lucian Freud in July 2010Painter Lucian Freud dies at 88

Realist painter Lucian Freud, one of Britain's most distinguished and highly-regarded artists, has died at the age of 88.

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