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G8 Wants Greece to Remain in Eurozone

21:06 19/05/2012 WASHINGTON, May 19 (RIA Novosti)

The leaders of the G8 nations meeting at Camp David on Saturday agreed that Greece should still be member of the European Union and welcomed EU efforts to solve debt crisis problems.

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