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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Greek socialist head proposes unity govt

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)The head of Greece's socialist PASOK party, which is projected to come in third in Sunday's critical election, has proposed that Greece form a unity government of four top parties that includes the anti-bailout radical left.