Greek MPs hold crunch presidential vote to avert snap polls
EU and IMF officials fear that early elections would be won by the anti-austerity Syriza party
Athens
LAWMAKERS in debt-laden Greece will on Monday try for a third and final time to elect a new president and avoid a snap general election that could undermine the country's international bailout.
The definitive round of voting to choose a successor to President Karolos Papoulias comes during last-ditch efforts by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras to get the government's candidate elected and avert early polls.
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