Tsipras struggles to bridge gaps with Greece's creditors as markets turn nervous
Brussels
GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wrestled with international creditors demanding sweeping changes to his proposed tax and reform plans on Wednesday in a last-minute race to clinch a deal to unlock aid and avert a debt default next week.
Sources close to the negotiations said that the creditors had presented counter-proposals covering an array of differences on sensitive issues, just hours before eurozone finance ministers were due to convene (1700 GMT) to try to approve an agreement.
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