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Creditors holding debt issued under Greek law must decide by late Thursday whether to write off half the money
Louisa Gouliamaki
People walk past the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens on March 7, 2012. A key group of investors holding almost 40 percent of Greece's debt threw their support behind a bond swap deal on Wednesday as Athens toughened its stance to push creditors to accept the programme's heavy losses.