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Monday, June 25, 2012

Greece faces more woes: Finance minister resigns

FILE - This is a Thursday, June 21 2012 file photo of prominent banker Vassilis Rapanos as he looks on during his meeting with New Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the heads of the two minority coalition partners, Evangelos Venizelos from the Greek Socialist PASOK party and the smaller Democratic Left's Fotis Kouvelis, in Athens. The prime minister's office said Monday June 25, 2012 that Greece's designated finance minister, Vassilis Rapanos who was rushed to hospital on Friday, has resigned. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis, File)A leadership vacuum loomed for Greece as the designated finance minister resigned for health reasons Monday just three days after he was rushed to the hospital and before he even had time to be sworn in.



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