Tears on Greek island as voters despair
Athens
THE clear turquoise waters around Greece's Poros island usually buoy the spirits of 63-year-old resident Nadia, but on Sunday she could do little but weep as she contemplated her troubled country's future.
"I voted 'No'," she said with eyes red from crying after casting her ballot in Greece's bailout referendum.
"But we don't know what deal we're voting for because there's no longer a deal on the table."
People across Greece headed to the polls on Sunday to vote in a plebiscite on whether the country should accept …
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