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In this Oct. 4, 2012, file photo, riot police clash with protesters inside Greece's Defense Ministry in Athens. Police clashed with scores of protesting shipyard workers after they forced their way into the grounds of Greece's Defense Ministry. The workers say they have not been paid in months. To the casual visitor, all might appear well in Athens, but scratch the surface and you find a society in freefall, ripped apart by the most vicious financial crisis the country has seen in half a century. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)

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Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, speaks with Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras during a vote on a privatization bill at the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Greek lawmakers are to vote Wednesday on a privatization bill that will be the first major test for the country's troubled governing coalition, while journalists have walked off the job at the start of rolling 24-hour strikes to protest austerity plans that will affect their healthcare funds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Anastasia Mouzakiti (center), a paraplegic from the northern city of Thessaloniki, Greece, came with her husband to Athens to protest outside the Greek parliament on Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and Mrs. Merkel speak before their meeting Tuesday at the Maximos Mansion in Athens. Amid draconian security measures and a mass protest, Mrs. Merkel was making her first visit to Greece since the eurozone crisis began there three years ago. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras (right) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel speak before their meeting at the Maximos mansion in Athens on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, Pool)

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Greek municipal workers protest Sept. 12, 2012, against the new austerity measures in central Athens. A fresh wave of anti-austerity strikes hit Greece as the leaders of the governing coalition struggled to finalize further spending cuts for the coming two years — without which the country will lose its vital rescue loans. (Associated Press)

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In this Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012 photo illegal immigrants are seen at detention center in Filakio village, northern Greece, near the borders with Turkey. Greece launched an aggressive campaign this month to try to seal its 200-kilometer (130-mile) northeastern border, as it faces a debilitating financial crisis that has caused a swell in joblessness and a surge in racist attacks against immigrants with dark skin. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)