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Greek PM faces Franco-German grilling on referendum

Greece has thrown Europe into confusion, following George Papandreou's decision to hold a public vote on last week's euro debt deal. Greece's prime minister faces a grilling from the leaders of Germany and France on Wednesday after fighting to win the backing of his cabinet to hold a referendum on a 130-billion-euro ($178-billion) bailout package. [...]