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Monday, June 25, 2012

Greek president to head delegation to EU summit

FILE - Greek conservative leader Antonis Samaras takes part in a swearing in ceremony officiated by Greece's Orthodox Archbishop Ieronimos at the Presidential palace in Athens, in this Thursday, June 21, 2012 file photo. Samaras underwent surgery for a detached retina Saturday June 23, 2012. Government spokesman Simos Kedikoglou said Sunday that the doctor treating him had forbidden him from flying. So he will not be well enough to travel to a critical European Union summit in Brussels . (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, File)Greece's new coalition government says the country's president will lead its delegation to a European Union summit this week in place of the prime minister, who is recovering from eye surgery.



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