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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Greek polls: Pro-bailout conservatives in first

An EU and a Greek flag fly in front of ancient Parthenon temple, in Athens, Sunday, June 17, 2012 as Greeks vote in the most crucial elections in decades. Greece voted Sunday amid global fears that victory by parties that have vowed to cancel the country's international bailout agreements and accompanying austerity measures could undermine the European Union's joint currency and pitch the world's major economies into another sharp downturn. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)Updated exit polls predict that Greece's conservative New Democracy party will come in first in an election that is crucial for Europe and the world.