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Greece Financial Crisis
Dimitri Messinis
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou speaks during a meeting of governing Socialist party deputies at the Greek Parliament on Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Greece must surprise markets by greater improvements to its troubled economy than it has already promised if it is to pull itself out of its severe financial crisis, Bank of Greece governor George Provopoulos said Tuesday. The government is implementing harsh austerity measures designed to trim the debt-ridden country's massive budget deficit, which stands at 13.6 percent of gross domestic product, and has called on a €45 billion joint eurozone and International Monetary Fund rescue package for aid. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)