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Sunday, September 9, 2012

Greece's lenders object to parts of its austerity plan

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's foreign lenders have rejected parts of a nearly 12-billion-euro austerity package prepared by the government, Greek officials said on Sunday as the two sides resumed talks after a month-long hiatus. The so-called "troika" of inspectors from the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund returned to Athens on Friday to conclude a report on Greece's progress in meeting the terms of its latest bailout. The inspectors, who held talks with Greece's finance minister on Sunday, must approve the plan to trim roughly 11. ...

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