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Greece officially requests up to 45 Billion Euros in loans to help relieve its debt crisis

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VideoassistentenApril 23, 2010

Aid from the EU and the IMF to help Greece through its debt crisis should be available within a few days. That's according to Greek Finance Minister George Papa-constantinow. The Finance Minister says Athens faces no immediate problems in financing, even though it has to raise about nine Billion euros by the end of May to cover its obligations. Speaking in Washington earlier, IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn said the IMF would act swiftly on Greece's call for help.

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