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Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Quits in Protest

By Antonis Galanopoulos - Feb 10, 2012

Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Marilisa Xenogiannakopoulou, a member of the Pasok socialist party, resigned her post in the interim government of Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to protest austerity measures in a second international financing package for the country, according to an e-mailed statement from the Athens-based ministry.

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