20-03-2015 19:34 via news.yahoo.com

Merkel sets strict terms for Greek aid, Juncker flags EU cash

By Renee Maltezou and Alastair Macdonald BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union leaders welcomed a pledge on Friday from Greece to meet creditors' demands for a broad package of economic reform proposals within days to unlock the cash Athens needs to avoid stumbling out of the euro zone. After overnight crisis talks on the sidelines of an EU summit in Brussels, new Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the bloc's main paymaster, offered somewhat divergen
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