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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

Published Sun, Dec 28, 2014 · 09:50 PM

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    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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