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Tue 10 Oct 2009Greek socialists start forming cabinet
ATHENS – Socialist Pasok leader George Papandreou started putting together a cabinet yesterday after winning a decisive mandate to battle corruption and lead Greece out of a worsening economic downturn.
Appointments to key economy, finance and foreign ministry posts are expected as early as today, and Greek media were reporting Mr Papandreou might take one of the jobs for himself to emphasise how seriously he takes the crisis.
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