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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou reacts as his government's parliament members applaud after his speech in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Greece's ruling Socialists were in open revolt against their own prime minister ahead of a confidence vote Friday, in a political free-for-all over a new European plan to keep the deeply indebted country afloat. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou waves his hand as his government's parliament members applaud after his speech in Athens, on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. Greece's ruling Socialists were in open revolt against their own prime minister ahead of a confidence vote Friday, in a political free-for-all over a new European plan to keep the deeply indebted country afloat. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist party members of parliament in Athens on Nov. 3, 2011. Greece's embattled prime minister says he has invited opposition conservatives to join talks on a major European debt deal, ignoring calls to hold an early general election. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou returns to an emergency Cabinet meeting after taking a short break at the Greek parliament in Athens on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks with the media as he leaves a G-20 summit in Cannes, France, on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou huddled with European leaders furious about his call for a national vote on a Greece bailout deal that took months to hammer out. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's decision to put the EU bailout to a vote angered even some in his own party. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou addresses Socialist members of parliament in Athens on Oct. 31, 2011. Papandreou says his country will hold a referendum on a new European debt deal reached last week. (Associated Press)

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Parliament member Milena Apostolaki reacts during a speech by Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou to Socialist lawmakers in Athens on Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Eurokinissi, Tatiana Bolari)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has been pressed by fellow Socialists to hold talks with opposition parties on an emergency power-sharing deal. (Associated Press)

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:Protesters scuffle with riot police in Athens on Friday during a march marking the 71st anniversary of Greece's entry into World War II. Greek anger against harsh austerity measures have been targeted at the ruling Socialists, who are under pressure to appease international creditors. (Associated Press)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks to the media as he arrives for an European Union summit in Brussels on Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)

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A pedestrian walks past a pile of garbage in the northern port of Thessaloniki, Greece, the country's second-largest city, on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks at the annual conference of the Federation of German Industry (BDI) in Berlin on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

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Nick Calathes of Greece (right) releases a shot over France's Nicolas Batum at the EuroBasket tournament in Kaunas, Lithuania. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "It is better that we all lose something than lose everything, forever," Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said about new economic measures.

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Associated Press Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks at an EU summit Thursday. Seventeen EU countries are close to signing a second bailout for Greece worth $155 billion, on top of $158 billion granted a year ago.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Greek Foreign Minister Stavros Lambrinidis address the media at a joint news conference in Athens on Sunday, July 16, 2011. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)

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Activists boat "Audacity of Hope" is escorted by the Greek coast guard ship in town of Peramat, near Athens, Greece, Friday, July 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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**FILE** A photo of Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou in clown paint hangs from mock gallows in front of the Parliament during a peaceful rally for a ninth consecutive day, attended by thousands called through a social networking site in Athens, on June 2, 2011. (Associated Press)