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Greek lawmakers vote on landmark name change deal with neighbouring Macedonia. Since 1991, Athens has objected to its neighbour being called Macedonia because Greece has a northern province of the same name. IMAGES
Protesters demonstrating against the Macedonia name deal clash with police in Thessaloniki, Greece. IMAGES
Greek protesters clash with riot police, who beat them back with tear gas after a historic Greek-Macedonian deal to end a 27-year name row. Some 500 demonstrators, waving Greek flags, had tried to approach the signature ceremony on the banks of Lake Prespa on the other side of the mountain from where the protest took place. IMAGES
Australians brave the pouring rain in Sydney to protest for abortion rights, a week after the US Supreme Court's landmark decision to reverse its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that enshrined abortion rights at the federal level. IMAGES
Greek lawmakers ratify a landmark name change deal with neighbouring Macedonia, handing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras a diplomatic triumph and bucking street protests to end one of the world's most stubborn diplomatic disputes. A narrow majority of 153 MPs in the 300-seat chamber approved the deal, with several independent lawmakers supporting Tsipras' leftist Syriza party. IMAGES of the Greek Parliament and SOUNDBITE of the House Speaker Nikos Voutsis reading results in Greek
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