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Greece's Papademos wins confidence vote on austerity measures

Greece's new prime minister, Lucas Papademos, won a crucial confidence vote Wednesday on severe austerity measures to be made in exchange for more bailout funds to help the country step back from the brink of bankruptcy.

Police, protesters clash in Greece

Thousands of protesters and an equal number of police fanned out in several Greek cities Saturday evening ahead of an expected announcement by the country's prime minister that additional austerity measures are on the way.

Greek reshuffle, Berlin-Paris deal ease euro fears

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou sacrificed his finance minister on Friday and put his main socialist party rival into the job in a bid to force through an unpopular austerity plan and avert bankruptcy.

Greek PM vows to stay, lead exit from debit crisis

Prime Minister George Papandreou has vowed to stay on and fight to pull his country out of a crippling debt crisis, facing down a revolt in his Socialist party over new but widely unpopular austerity measures....

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Greece's Papademos wins confidence vote on austerity measures

Police, protesters clash in Greece

Greek reshuffle, Berlin-Paris deal ease euro fears

Greek PM vows to stay, lead exit from debit crisis