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Ex-banker Papademos is new Greek prime minister

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Left: Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou; Right: Tim Geithner (AP)

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (AP)

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Activists of Gaza flotilla gathering outside the Ministry of Public Order in Athens, Greece, Sunday, July 3, 2011. Organizers of a Gaza-bound flotilla said Sunday they have not abandoned their plans to breach Israel's sea blockade of the territory despite a Greek government ban on their vessels leaving the country's ports. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) (AP)

Christopher Torchia

A protester covers himself with a Greek flag, as he runs through tear gas during clashes outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, early Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The Greek prime minister survived a crucial confidence vote early Wednesday, keeping alive a government dedicated to averting a debt default that could spark a financial maelstrom around the world. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (AP)

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Demonstrators run away from tear gas during a demo in Athens on Tuesday June 28, 2011. Greece's beleaguered government is bracing for a 48-hour general strike as lawmakers debate a new round of austerity reforms designed to win the country additional rescue loans needed avoid bankruptcy.(AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis) (AP)

Elena Becatoros, Menelaos Hadjicostis

Riot police clear the street of protesters after clashes outside the Greek Parliament in Athens, early Wednesday, June 22, 2011. The Greek prime minister survived a crucial confidence vote early Wednesday, keeping alive a government dedicated to averting a debt default that could spark a financial maelstrom around the world. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (AP)

Menelaos Hadjicostis

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou grimases before to give a speech in parliament during an emergency meeting of Socialist lawmakers, in Athens on Thursday, June 16, 2011. Papandreou vowed to stay on as prime minister, despite a party revolt that broke out Thursday against a new austerity measures that have triggered violent street protests ad widespread discontent.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (AP)

Elena Becatoros, Derek Gatopoulos

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Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, arrives the Presidential Palace before his meeting with the Greek President Karolos Papoulias, in central Athens, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011.Papandreou and conservative party leader Antonis Samaras discussed the creation of a power-sharing government to deal with the country's crippling debt crisis during a telephone conversation, an opposition party official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the negotiations were still ongoing. The official said the conservatives' conditions for participating in a potential grand coalition were that Papandreou leaves his current position as prime minister, and the new government re-negotiate the bailout agreement. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris) (AP)

Elena Becatoros

Police arrest a demonstrator trying to block the road to the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. A 24-hour anti-austerity strike by Greece's largest labor unions crippled public services Wednesday, as the Socialist government was to begin a legislative battle to push through last-ditch cost-cutting reforms that will extend beyond its own term in office. (AP Photo) (AP)

Elena Becatoros, Nicholas Paphitis

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Elena Becatoros

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European Council President Herman Van Rompuy addresses the media at the European Council building in Brussels, Friday, May 21, 2010. European Union finance ministers on Friday started laying out new, tougher rules for their public finances in the hopes of winning back market confidence and preventing a repeat of the debt crisis that is threatening the euro. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe) (AP)

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A customer receives euro notes in a counter at the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens, Thursday, April 8, 2010. Greece's borrowing costs spiked higher for a third day Thursday, intensifying the country's debt crisis and suggesting a eurozone rescue program is providing little support. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) (Thanassis Stavrakis)

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy (L) and Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) walk together during a Euro Zone leaders summit in Brussels, May 7, 2010. Euro zone leaders agreed on Friday that they would have special measures ready before financial markets open on Monday to prevent financial turmoil in Greece spreading to other countries such as Spain and Portugal. Photo taken May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Michel Euler/Pool (BELGIUM - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) (Reuters)

Pro communist protesters march during an anti government rally in Athens on Thursday, May 6, 2010. Greek lawmakers approved a crucial austerity bill Thursday needed to tap 110 billion ($140 billion) in bailout loans from other eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund, as massive crowds gathered outside parliament to protest the measures. The bill passed with 172 votes in favor and 121 against. Greeks have been outraged by the government's proposed fiscal measures, and demonstrations turned violent on Wednesday during a nationwide general strike, leaving three people dead after becoming trapped in a burning bank torched by demonstrators. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis) (AP)

Bank employees, trapped by fire, look over the balcony ledge during an anti-government protest in central Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Three people died in the fire at the branch of Marfin Egnatia Bank, while the two women and two others were rescued. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy (AP Photo/Iakovos Hatzistavrou) ** GREECE OUT ** (AP)

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