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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (right) is congratulated by Deputy Prime Minister and new Minister of Finance Evangelos Venizelos in Athens on Tuesday after winning a vote of confidence. Debate began in Parliament on Sunday about the reshuffled government. (Associated Press)
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Newly appointed Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (right) and his predecessor, George Papaconstantinou (partially visible in back) deliver their statements during the handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Athens on Friday, June 17, 2011. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (left) and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy address the media at the European Council building in Brussels on Monday, June 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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Greek main opposition conservative leader Antonis Samaras addresses the Parliament in Athens on June 19, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (right) shakes hands with Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Abdel Ati al-Obeidi on Sunday. Mr. Papandreou has been consulting with other nations on diplomatic initiatives to end the war in Libya. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes a point to Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (left) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a European Union summit in Brussels on Friday.
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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou
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Evaggelos Kargiofilis holds up the wooden cross after being the first to retrieve it during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water, and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Photos Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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Swimmers kiss a wooden cross during a ceremony to bless the water at Greece's Flisvos beach at Paleo Faliro, near Athens, on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water, and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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The winner in retrieving a wooden cross, Evaggelos Kargiofilis (second from right) holds it up during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water, and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Photos Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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The winner in retrieving a cross, Evaggelos Kargiofilis, holds it up during an Epiphany ceremony to bless the water in Greece's northern port city of Thessaloniki on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Similar ceremonies to mark Epiphany day were held across Greece on riverbanks, seafronts and lakes. An Orthodox priest throws a cross into the water, and swimmers race to be the first to retrieve it. (AP/Photos Nikolas Giakoumidis)
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A Greek firefighting plane participates in efforts to extinguish a wildfire over Ein Hod in northern Israel, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Foreign firefighters and aircraft poured into Israel Friday in an unprecedented wave of international assistance as the country battled a huge forest fire that has killed dozens of people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
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Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou, seen behind journalists, speaks during a news conference in Athens, on Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010. Greece is broadly on track with reforms needed to continue tapping a euro 110 billion ($150 billion) bailout package, but still faces challenges and must make an extra effort to meet deficit reduction targets, the IMF, ECB and EU executive said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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Greek Deputy Defense Minister Panagiotis A. Beglitis says he is concerned about the Turkish government's growing ties with Iran. In an interview Thursday, he said it may have an impact on the NATO alliance. (Associated Press)
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A truck driver holds a poster depicting Greek Premier George Papandreou as legendary comic actor Charlie Chaplin, during a protest outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010. Truckers strongly oppose government plans to reform their sector and abolish strict licensing rules. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis)
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George Papandreou, right, Prime Minister of Greece, attends a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters on Monday, Sept. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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A sign reads in Greek "Smoking room" as employees smoke at a state-run bank in central Athens, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Greece will implement a comprehensive ban on all indoor public places starting Wednesday, Sept. 1. Greece has among the highest smoking rates among developing countries around the world. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis )
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A man smokes at a park in central Athens, on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Greece will implement a comprehensive ban on all indoor public places starting Wednesday, Sept. 1. Greece has among the highest smoking rates among developing countries around the world. (AP Photo/Alkis Konstantinidis )
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Sofoklis Schortsanitis of Greece reacts during a training session at Ankara Arena, Friday, Aug. 27, 2010. Schortsanitis and Antonis Fotsis were each suspended two games by FIBA on Thursday for their part in last week's brawl in a friendly game against Serbia. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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Milos Teodosic of Serbia, left, reacts with Antonis Fotsis of Greece during a basketball game for the Acropolis tournament at the indoor Olympic stadium of Athens, Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010. Fotsis had moved threateningly against the Serb guard who had fouled him hard. The friendly Acropolis basketball tournament never finished as the last game, between Serbia and Greece, was abandoned with 2:40 to go when a fight broke out and the benches cleared. (AP Photo/Newsports, Nikos Chalkiopoulos)
