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Riot police throw a tear gas canister as demonstrators run to avoid it before a rally organized by supporters of the No vote in Athens, Friday, July 3, 2015. Greeks will vote Sunday on whether to accept a proposal that creditors had made of specific reforms in exchange for loans. European Union institutions are framing it as a vote for or against the euro. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Greek police, youths clash before Athens rally on bailout referendum

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Anxious Greeks lined up at ATMs on Monday as they gradually began dispensing cash again on the first day of capital controls imposed in a dramatic twist in Greece's financial saga. Banks will remain shut until next Monday, and a daily limit of $67 has been placed on cash withdrawals from ATMs. (Associated Press)

Greece makes concession but no deal seen before Sunday vote

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

A couple passes by the ATM machines used by people in Monastiraki in Athens, early Monday, June 29, 2015. Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn to date Sunday, with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announcing Greek banks would remain shut indefinitely and restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Pensioners in Greece queue outside banks on 1st day of capital control

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks with visiting Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann in Athens, Greece, on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis) ** FILE **

Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s prime minister, puts bailout deal to referendum July 5

By Nicholas Paphitis - Associated Press

The Greek flag flies at the top of the Athens Academy building, in Athens, Thursday, June 4, 2015 .Greece remains at loggerheads with creditors over key economic reforms after a meeting between Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and the head of the European Union's executive arm failed to yield a breakthrough on the release of vital bailout loans. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

EDITORIAL: Greek bailout saga continues

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras arrives for a meeting at the Education Ministry in Athens, Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Tsipras says Greece has submitted a proposal for an agreement with its creditors, as Athens seeks a deal that will to unlock desperately needed rescue money. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

Alexis Tsipras, Greek prime minister, heads to Brussels to defend bailout proposal

By Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greece, creditors open to compromise but deal still far off

By Derek Gatopoulos and Pan Pylas - Associated Press

During a joint news conference with President Obama Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel indicated that Berlin still supported keeping Greece in the eurozone, but stood strongly behind the austerity program demanded by the Troika. (Associated Press)

Angela Merkel takes tough line on Greece ahead of key meeting

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Illustration by Heng, Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore CartoonArts International

SUZANNE FIELDS: Angela Merkel tangles with Alexis Tsipras over austerity

By Suzanne Fields

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said during a visit to Hungary on Monday that her nation will not provide military hardware to Ukraine and asserted that the war with Russia-backed forces "cannot be solved militarily." (Associated Press)

Germany holds Greece to austerity terms despite election of Syriza leftists

By Angela Waters - Special to The Washington Times

Leader of Syriza left-wing party Alexis Tsipras reacts as his supporters gather outside Athens University Headquarters in Athens, Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Alexis Tsipras sworn in as new Greek prime minister

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Election officials empty a ballot box to count votes in a parliamentary election at a polling station in Athens on Sunday, June 17, 2012. Greeks voted for the second time in six weeks in what is arguably their country's most critical election in 40 years. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Pro-bailout conservatives win Greek election

By Demetris Nellas and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Alexis Tsipras, head of Greece's Radical Left Coalition, presents his party's economic policies in Athens on June 1, 2012. (Associated Press)

Greek radical left seeks vote to cancel bailout

By Derek Gatopoulos and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's Coalition of the Radical Left party, or Syriza, speaks to reporters after meeting with Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos at the Greek parliament in Athens on Friday, May 11 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Greek efforts for coalition government founder

By Demetria Nellas and Elena Becatoros - Associated Press

Greek President Karolos Papoulias (center), socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos (left), conservative leader Antonis Samaras (second from left) and leftist leader Alexis Tsipras (right) meet on Sunday, May 13, 2012, in Athens. (Associated Press)

New elections possible after Greece fails to form a coalition

By Elena Becatoros and Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

Greek Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, left, meets with Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens, Saturday, May 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Aris Messinis, Pool)

Greek president in last-ditch coalition effort

By Demetris Nellas - Associated Press

"This is a historic moment for the Left and the popular movement and a great responsibility for me," says Alexis Tsipras, leader of Greece's Radical Left Coalition party that won 16.8 percent of the vote in Sunday's national election. (Associated Press)

Anti-bailout leader says austerity pledge a no-go

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press

Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Greece's Radical Left Coalition party (Syriza), speaks at party headquarters in Athens on Monday, May 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

Anti-bailout party rejects Greek austerity pledge

By Derek Gatopoulos - Associated Press