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A Greek Orthodox priest walks by the poster of "NO" and posters depicting German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble, top center, reading ''For five years he is drinking your blood, now tell him NO'' referring to the upcoming referendum in central Athens, on Friday, July 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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Elderly people, who usually get their pensions at the end of the month, wait outside a closed bank in Athens, Monday, June 29, 2015. Greece's five-year financial crisis took its most dramatic turn yet, with the cabinet deciding that Greek banks would remain shut for six business days and restrictions would be imposed on cash withdrawals. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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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 **
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Republican presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida speaks at the Georgia Republican Convention in Athens on May 15, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie gestures while speaking at a breakfast ahead of this afternoon's convening of the Georgia Republican Convention, Friday, May 15, 2015, in Athens, (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras gestures during a Presidential vote in Athens, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015. (Associated Press)
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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, right, welcomes conservative former interior minister Prokopis Pavlopoulos at Maximos Mansion in Athens, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Giorgos Kontarinis)
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Greece's Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, center right, is surrounded by photographers and security as he arrives for a speech to his party's lawmakers at the parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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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)
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Shoppers look at the windows of a leather goods shop in central Athens. The deep recession has devastated Greece's commercial sector.
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WEARY: A former jewelry shop on the upscale Voukourestiou Street in Athens has become a homeless haven. As many Greeks suffer through a crippling financial crisis, some small businesses have managed to open and thrive. (Associated Press)
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Protesters shout during a demonstration in Athens in early October seeking to draw attention to the Islamic State's onslaught against the Kurdish town of Kobani in Syria.
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In this Monday, Aug. 11, 2014 photo tourists visit Panathenaic stadium in Athens. The old Olympic Stadium of Athens, a marble reconstruction of the city’s ancient stadium built for the first modern Olympics held in Athens is open to ticket-paying visitors who can also visit a small Olympic museum on the site. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Michael Phelps competes in the men's 100-meter butterfly on his way to a first-place finish at the Bulldog Grand Slam swim meet at the University of Georgia, Friday, July 11, 2014, in Athens, Ga. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
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Greece's Kostas Mitroglou, right, and Antreas Samaris go for the ball during a training session in Athens on Thursday, May 29, 2014. Greece trained for the last time in Athens before its departure on Friday abroad for preparations ahead the World Cup. The Greeks face Portugal Saturday in the first of three warm-up matches, and will arrive at the sports camp in Aracaju, Brazil on Saturday, June 7. Greece will play in Group C, against Colombia, Japan and Ivory Coast at the World Cup in Brazil. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
