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Now playing Next USA Trade seen as key to better US - Greece relations Alexis Tsipras and Donald Trump put past differences behind them during a visit to the White House by the Greek leader 17/10/2017
Now playing Next no comment Firefighters near Athens contain raging wildfire Firefighters today managed to contain a wildfire close to Athens that had been burning out of control for nearly four days. 16/08/2017
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Now playing Next Economy Donald Tusk: "No one is interested in punishing Greece" New attempts are being made to kick-start Greek bailout talks that have been delayed for months 05/04/2017
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