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Wednesday, July 8, 2015

Tsipras pleads for fair deal for Greece in EU parliament

By Barbara Lewis STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pleaded in the European Parliament on Wednesday for a fair deal to keep his country in the euro zone, acknowledging Greece's own responsibility for its plight, after EU leaders gave him five days to come up with reforms. With its banks closed, cash withdrawals rationed and the economy in freefall, Greece has never been closer to a total state bankruptcy that would probably force it to print an alternative currency and leave the euro. ...


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