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Top News Greeks Spend in Droves, Afraid of Losing Savings to a Bailout By SUZANNE DALEY Facing unknown consequences if Greece is pushed out of the eurozone, panicked citizens are buying appliances and jewelry, and even prepaying their taxes. Euro, Envisioned as Force for Unity, Becomes Weapon in Greek Crisis By PETER EAVIS The prospect of a country leaving the currency was once unthinkable, but in many ways the two sides in the Greek debt crisis have seized upon that possibility to advance their cause. China's Efforts Fail to Contain Market Plunge By DAVID BARBOZA Despite further steps by Beijing to calm trading, shares plunged, extending a rout that began last month. The Upshot: The Problem With China's Efforts to Prop Up Its Stock Market Guide to China's Market Turmoil Market's Dive Could Delay Economic Reforms For more top news, go to INYT.com

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World Setting a Deadline for Greece Proves Much Easier Than Sealing a Fate By ANDREW HIGGINS European leaders and Greece have both sidestepped responsibility for the end game in the Greek debt crisis. Srebrenica Massacre, After 20 Years, Still Casts a Long Shadow in Bosnia By DAN BILEFSKY and SOMINI SENGUPTA Remains are still being unearthed from the killing of about 8,000 men and boys in 1995 in the worst atrocity committed in Europe since World War II. Moscow Journal Russian Belts Tighten, Affecting Tastes for the Finer Things By NEIL MacFARQUHAR In Russia, endurance of financial pain is a point of national pride. But as some make do, others forgo villas and other luxuries or invest elsewhere. For more world news, go to NYTimes.com/World

Business Greece Requests a 3-Year Loan but Is Vague on Its Financial Plans By NIKI KITSANTONIS and JAMES KANTER Under a tight deadline from Europe, Greece applied for a bailout loan, and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras took his case to the European Parliament. Greece Given Until Sunday to Settle Debt Crisis or Face Disaster The Stock Market Bell Rings, Computers Fail, Wall Street Cringes By NATHANIEL POPPER The exchange, the world's largest for stocks, says an "internal technical issue" prompted a shutdown of trading for nearly four hours. Timeline: A History of Stock Exchange Failures Cutting Jobs, Microsoft Turns Page on Nokia Deal By NICK WINGFIELD The company will shed more than 6 percent of its workers and take a charge against earnings related to its acquisition of Nokia's smartphone business. For more business news, go to INYT.com/Business

Technology Yahoo Will Enter Daily Fantasy Sports Market By VINDU GOEL and JOE DRAPE The Internet company says it will host daily and one-week fantasy games, joining a market estimated to generate $2.6 billion in revenue this year. IBM Announces Computer Chips More Powerful Than Any in Existence By JOHN MARKOFF A consortium of which the company is a part has made working versions of ultradense seven-nanometer chips, capable of holding much more information than existing chips. Bits Blog Didi Kuaidi, the Chinese Ride-Hailing Service, Raises $2 Billion By PAUL MOZUR The highly successful fund-raising round comes during a rout in China's stock markets, showing that the company is perceived as a long-term investment. For more technology news, go to NYTimes.com/Tech

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Sports Key to Winning: Not Getting Lost By SAM BORDEN Thierry Gueorgiou is a star of orienteering, a sport of quick navigation over terrain, and will be seeking his 13th world title in August in the Scottish Highlands. Wimbledon 2015: Richard Gasquet Crashes a Party of Three Stars By DAVID WALDSTEIN Richard Gasquet, the No. 21 seed, upset No. 4 Stan Wawrinka in five sets to join No. 1 Novak Djokovic, No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 3 Andy Murray in the Wimbledon semifinals. On Tennis A Revived Approach: The Serve and Volley By CHRISTOPHER CLAREY Wednesday's matches at Wimbledon were a reminder that rushing the net can still play a role at the highest level of tennis, despite rumblings of its impending extinction. For more sports news, go to INYT.com/Sports

U.S. News Oratory on Confederate Flag in South Carolina Legislature Shows Deep Divisions By RICHARD FAUSSET and ALAN BLINDER State legislators, inching toward a decision, rejected a slew of amendments meant to slow down a bill that would remove the Confederate battle flag from the Capitol grounds. Obama Unveils Stricter Rules Against Segregation in Housing By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and BINYAMIN APPELBAUM The regulations are a piece of President Obama's effort to address the racial disparities he says are helping fuel unrest in American cities. Medicare Plans to Pay Doctors for Counseling on End of Life By PAM BELLUCK Medicare is proposing to reimburse doctors for having conversations with patients about whether and how they would want to be kept alive if they became too sick to speak for themselves. For more U.S. news, go to NYTimes.com/US

Opinion Editorial A Risk for Tunisia's New Democracy It isn't clear how a state of emergency will help the country's government counter extremists. Room for Debate Is Hillary Clinton's Feminism Out of Style? Her support among feminists, which one would think is a given, still seems to be in question among the younger generation. Op-Ed Columnist The Wasted Gift of Donald Trump By FRANK BRUNI It's time for Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio & Co. to vanquish the Republican Party's demons, starting with a certain grotesque real estate mogul. For more opinion, go to INYT.com/Opinion

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