Greek PM Tsipras Survives No-Confidence Vote

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras barely survived a no-confidence vote in parliament Wednesday, 151 to 148. "I call upon you with hand on heart to give a vote of confidence today to the government which gave battle, which bled, but managed to haul the country out of memorandums and surveillance," Tsipras asked the lawmakers before the vote. He was apparently referring to the economic bailouts Greece needed over the past decade to avoid bankruptcy and economic...

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