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Greece Asks For More Time

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Prime Minister Antonis Samaras says Greece needs breathing space as it implements tough financial reforms and spending cuts. He's starting a series of high-level meetings with European officials to discuss his debt-ridden country's international bailout. The BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Athens.

This segment aired on August 22, 2012.

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