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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (L) speaks with Greek President Carolos Papoulias (R) during a meeting in Athens on November 5, 2011. George Papandreou scrambled to form a national crisis government to implement a crucial eurozone rescue package, fresh from winning a nail-biting...

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Greece's President Karolos Papoulias (R) welcomes Prime Minister George Papandreou at his office inside the Presidential Palace in Athens November 5, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou on Saturday told Papoulias a political consensus was crucial to avoiding elections and...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (R) shakes hands with conservative New Democracy party leader Antonis Samaras in Athens November 1, 2011. Greece's opposition leader dismissed on Tuesday the government's call for a referendum on a new bailout deal for the debt-laden country and called...

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Greece's main conservative opposition leader Antonis Samaras (L) meets with Greek President Carolos Papoulias at the Presidental palace in Athens on November 1, 2011. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou plunged the euro back into crisis and sent share prices into a tailspin on...

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Greece's President Karolos Papoulias waits to attend a military parade in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece October 28, 2011. Greeks protesting against austerity measures Friday blocked a major national parade to commemorate Greece's resistance to Italy in World War Two, shouting...

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Greece's President Karolos Papoulias (R) welcomes Prime Minister George Papandreou at his office inside the Presidential Palace in Athens October 27, 2011. Papandreou will present to the nation on Thursday an EU deal to lower Greece's debt burden, amid rising frustration with his...

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Greek prime Minister George Papandreou (C) flanked by his aides and the security leaves the Presidental Palace after his meeting with Greek President Carolos Papoulias in Athens on October 25, 2011. Europe 'must rise to the occasion' and banks must share the pain on ending the...

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Greek prime Minister George Papandreou (L) leaves the Presidental Palace after his meeting with Greek President Carolos Papoulias in Athens on October 25, 2011. Europe 'must rise to the occasion' and banks must share the pain on ending the eurozone's sovereign debt crisis, Papandreou...

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Greek Prime Minister George, escorted by his personal security, leaves the presidential palace after his meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias in Athens on October 17, 2011. The eurozone and Greece face their 'most critical week' as they battle to reach a lasting solution to...

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Greek President Carolos Papoulias (R) speaks with Prime Minister George Papandreou during a meeting at the presidential palace in Athens on October 17, 2011. The eurozone and Greece face their 'most critical week' as they battle to reach a lasting solution to the debt crisis that has...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias, right, listens Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou during their meeting at the presidential palace in Athens, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011. Greece faces a key vote on new austerity measures on Thursday, while other eurozone countries are rushing to find a...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (L) and Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovich inspect a guard of honour outside the Presidential palace in Athens October 6, 2011.

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Greece's President Karolos Papoulias (R) shakes hands with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during their meeting in Athens, July 17, 2011. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Sunday voiced strong U.S. support for Greece's battle to overcome its debt crisis, saying it was taking...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (R) shakes hands with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before their meeting at the Presidential Mansion in Athens on July 17, 2011. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Greece's 'resilience' in tackling its huge debt could inspire the world...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, during their joint press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, July 12, 2011. Papoulias is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories.

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Palestinians hold signs against the visit by Greek President Karolos Papoulias to the West Bank during a protest in Ramallah on July 12, 2011. Papoulias met Palestinian Authority President Mahumud Abbas today in the West Bank city of Ramallah after a two-day visit to Israel.

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias (L) and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas shake hands following their joint press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 12, 2011 during an official visit by the Greek head of state to the Palestinian territory and Israel.

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias speaks during a joint press conference with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (unseen) in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 12, 2011 during an official visit by the Greek head of state to the Palestinian territory and Israel.

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) and Greek President Karolos Papoulias give a press conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 12, 2011 during an official visit by the latest to the Palestinian territory and Israel.

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RAMALLAH, WEST BANK - JULY 12: In this handout image supplied by the office of the Palestinian President (PPO), Greek President Karolos Papoulias (L) meets with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on July 12, 2011 in Ramallah, West Bank. Papoulias is on a three day official visit of...

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (L) and Greek President Karolos Papoulias review the honour guard in the West Bank city of Ramallah on July 12, 2011 during an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territory.

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias, center, stands with his wife May Papoulias, left and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III, inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ,...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias, center left, walks with his wife May Papoulias, left, and Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theofilos III, in Jerusalem's Old city, Monday, July 11, 2011. Israel's President Shimon Peres has thanked his visiting Greek counterpart for Greece's...

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Greek President Karolos Papoulias kneels at the Anointing Stone in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many Christians to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old city, Monday, July 11, 2011. Israel's President Shimon Peres...

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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JULY 11: In this handout from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Greek President Karlos Papoulias (L) shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his residence July 11, 2011 in Jerusalem, Isreal. Karlos Papoulias is on a three-day trip to...