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    In this Oct. 4, 2012, file photo, riot police clash with protesters inside Greece's Defense Ministry in Athens. Police clashed with scores of protesting shipyard workers after they forced their way into the grounds of Greece's Defense Ministry. The workers say they have not been paid in months. To the casual visitor, all might appear well in Athens, but scratch the surface and you find a society in freefall, ripped apart by the most vicious financial crisis the country has seen in half a century. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)


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    In this Oct. 4, 2012, file photo, riot police clash with protesters inside Greece's Defense Ministry in Athens. Police clashed with scores of protesting shipyard workers after they forced their way into the grounds of Greece's Defense Ministry. The workers say they have not been paid in months. To the casual visitor, all might appear well in Athens, but scratch the surface and you find a society in freefall, ripped apart by the most vicious financial crisis the country has seen in half a century. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis, File)


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    Journalists march in central Athens during a protest, Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. The banner reads "Don't Ax Human Dignity". Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)


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    Protesters stand in front of a banner reading "Workers United never Defeated" during an anti-austerity protest by Greek labor unions in Athens, on Wednesday Oct. 31 2012. Greece's government on Wednesday outlined the new austerity measures it intends to take over the next two years, a series of painful spending cuts and tax hikes that its international bailout creditors are demanding in exchange for rescue loans. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)


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    Passengers are pictured in the underground during a subway strike in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone rose to a record of 11.6 percent in September as large parts of the region slide further toward recession. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone at 25.8 percent with Greece not far behind. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)


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    People wait to buy goods in a chocolate shop, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Unemployment in the 17-country eurozone rose to a record of 11.6 percent in September as large parts of the region slide further toward recession. Spain has the highest unemployment rate in the eurozone at 25.8 percent and Greece is not far behind. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)


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    Greek bond holders stand at the entrance of Greece's central bank during a protest, in Athens Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)


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    Greece's Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, right, speaks with Greece's Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras during a vote on a privatization bill at the Greek parliament in Athens, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012. Greek lawmakers are to vote Wednesday on a privatization bill that will be the first major test for the country's troubled governing coalition, while journalists have walked off the job at the start of rolling 24-hour strikes to protest austerity plans that will affect their healthcare funds. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)


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    Greek bond holders stand at the entrance of Greece's central bank during a protest, in Athens Wednesday, Oct. 31 2012. Greece's two main labor unions covering civil servants and the private sector have called a 48-hour strike to protest austerity measures due to be voted on next week. The strike call came as the finance minister submitted an amended 2013 budget that raised the country's debt and deficit forecasts for next year. (AP Photo/Kostas Tsironis)


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