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In Greece, opposition Socialists celebrate a landslide victory after elections on Sunday

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Karlotta BahnsenOctober 5, 2009

After a landslide election victory in Greece - the leader of the coutnry's Socialists - George Papandreou - has started work putting together a cabinet. Appointments to the key finance, foreign and economic ministries are expected as early as Tuesday. The Socialists won a decisive mandate to battle corruption and lead the contry out of its worsening economic downturn. The early eleciton was called by conservative Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis.

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