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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos (L) meets with Greek president Carolos Papoulias in Athens on February 15, 2012. Greece will meet European Union demands for budget action and reform pledges from its political leaders ahead of a eurozone conference call, the Greek finance...

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George Karatzaferis, leader of the rightist LAOS party, left, holds a gift for the Greek President Karolos Papoulias, right, during their meeting at the Presidential palace in Athens, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. The leader of a junior partner in Greece's coalition government says his will...

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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, right, speaks to the press after a meeting with the Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Greece's finance minister said that all pending issues in its international creditors' requirements for the country's...

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Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos, left, shakes hands with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, during their meeting at the Presidential palace in Athens, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012. Greece's finance minister said that all pending issues in its international creditors'...

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Queen Margrethe II of Denmark gives a press conference on the Danish Royal yacht Dannebrog 25 May 2006, in Athens. The Queen Margrethe II and Prince Consort Henrik of Denmark arrived here 24 May for a three-day visit to Greece at the invitation of Greek President Karolos Papoulias.

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (R) welcomes US Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Athens, December 5, 2011. The United States will support Greece in these difficult times, Biden told reporters ahead of a meeting with Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos on Monday,...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (R) speaks with US Vice President Joe Biden during their meeting in Athens, December 5, 2011. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden joked during a visit to debt-choked Athens on Monday about bringing money to help Greece out of its deepest financial crisis in...

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Greek President Carolos Papoulias (L) welcomes US Vice President Joe Biden before their meeting in Athens on December 5, 2011. Biden arrived in Athens on December 4 for a visit set to focus on the debt crisis gripping Greece and the broader eurozone.

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (center R) shakes hands with US Vice President Joe Biden (center L) during their meeting in Athens, December 5, 2011. U.S. Vice President Joe Biden joked during a visit to debt-choked Athens on Monday about bringing money to help Greece out of its...

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Greece's President Carolos Papoulias (R) talks with Lucas Papademos after he has sworn in as Greece's new Prime minister during a ceremony at the Presidental Palace in Athens on November 11, 2011. Named to lead an emergency government, Papademos is regarded by many as the safe pair of...

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Greek LAOS right wing partymleader, Giorgos Karantzaferis (L), Greek Prime Minister Giorgos Papandreou , Greek President Carolos Papoulias (C) and Greek main opposition party leader, Antonis Samaras (R) meet at the presidental palace in Athens on November 10, 2011. Greece's bickering...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias arrives for a meeting with the Greek political parties at the presidential palace in Athens, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The hope is that the fourth day of talks will finally yield a new prime minister to head an interim government that will secure the...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias, center, leads a meeting with outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou, second from left, the head of the opposition conservatives Antonis Samaras, right, and the leader of a small right-wing party Giorgos Karatzaferis, left, at the presidential...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou meets Greek President Karolos Papoulias (R) at the presidential palace in Athens November 9, 2011. Greek political leaders have agreed on a new government, outgoing Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday, stepping down to make way for a...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias smiles as he leaves the presidential palace in Athens, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2011. Rival political parties in Greece again pledged Wednesday to conclude power-sharing talks, which have dragged into a third day despite rising pressure from the country's...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at the presidental palace in Athens on November 6, 2011 for meeting with Greek President Carolos Papoulias and opposition leader Antonis Samaras. Papandreou agreed to step down, removing a key stumbling block which had held up an accord...

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Greek and foreign media wait outside the presidental palace in Athens on November 6, 2011 while Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou meets with Greek President Carolos Papoulias and opposition leader Antonis Samaras. Papandreou agreed to step down, removing a key stumbling block which...

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Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou, left, Greek President Karolos Papoulias, center and opposition leader Antonis Samaras sit at the Presidential Palace in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6 2011. Greece's embattled prime minister and the head of the main opposition party reached an...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias arrives at the Presidential Palace for a meeting with Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras in Athens on Sunday, Nov. 6 2011. Greece's embattled prime minister and the head of the main opposition party reached...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou leaves the presidental palace in Athens late on November 6, 2011 following his meeting with the Greek President Carolos Papoulias and opposition leader Antonis Samaras. Papandreou agreed to step down, removing a key stumbling block which had held...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (C) holds a meeting with Prime minister George Papandreou (L) and leader of conservative New Democracy party Antonis Samaras inside the presidential palace in Athens November 6, 2011. Papandreou said he would not head a new coalition government, which...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L), Greek President Carolos Papoulias (C) and the leader of the main opposition party Antonis Samaras (R) meet at the presidental palace in Athens, on November 6, 2011. Last-ditch talks began in Greece between the prime minister, the chief of the...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias shakes hands with leader of conservative New Democracy party Antonis Samaras (L) inside the presidential palace in Athens November 6, 2011. Greek leaders were beginning a second day of talks and behind-the-scenes wrangling on Sunday to break a political...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou listens to the Greek President Carolos Papoulias during his meeting at the Presidental Palace in Athens on November 5, 2011. After an hour-long meeting with President Carolos Papoulias, Papandreou emerged to tell a scrum of reporters that...

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (C) is flanked by his aides and security while leaving the Presidental Palace in Athens after his talks with Greek President Carolos Papoulias on November 5, 2011. After an hour-long meeting with President Carolos Papoulias, Papandreou emerged to...