Greece's Tsipras Confronting EU Leaders on Bailout

Greece's new leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is directly confronting other heads of state in the European Union Thursday about easing the austerity measures they imposed on Athens in exchange for its massive bailouts. The EU leaders are meeting in Brussels in the first direct showdown between the 40-year-old Greek leader and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, austerity's chief advocate. The German and other EU leaders have shown little interest in cutting Athens's debt or...

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