Aaron Maté

As our broadcast went to air, lawmakers in Greece were voting on - and later approved - a new round of sweeping austerity measures amidst a general strike that's brought tens of thousands into the streets. Democracy Now! producers Aaron Maté and Hany Massoud were there just as the unrest broke out and spoke to many of the demonstrators who refused to leave the square. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde has been named the new chief of the International Monetary Fund. She received backing from the United States and Europe and key emerging market nations, including China, India and Brazil. The first woman to hold the position, she begins her five-year term on July 5. In her first public comments following her appointment, Lagarde urged Greek politicians to unite to avoid a debt default. We are joined by Mark Weisbrot, an economist and the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. In Egypt, nearly 600 people have been reported injured in Cairo's Tahrir Square after security forces attacked a large group of protesters overnight with tear gas and rubber bullets. We speak with Democracy Now!'s Sharif Abdel Kouddous who reports from Cairo. A rare inquiry to investigate the murder of Asia Times reporter Syed Saleem Shahzad has begun in Pakistan. We speak with Ali Dayan Hasan, a senior researcher for Human Rights Watch about Shahzad's work, and how the allegations linking the ISI to his murder are the most direct connections yet linking the agency to threats to Pakistani journalists. Democracy Now!, a daily independent newshour.