Greece's political leaders have agreed to form a national unity government after the nation's embattled Prime Minister George Papendreou agreed to step down half way through his four-year-term under pressure from a European ultimatum. An agreement in principle was reached between Papandreou and Antonis Samaras, the conservative opposition leader, after a meeting with the president on Sunday.
Leaders from across the world joined Paris as it mourned the victims of last week's terror attacks -- at the offices of Charlie Hebdo and a Jewish Kosher market.
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The proposals appeared so far apart that success seemed higly unlikely
11th-hour debt restructuring programme offered no concessions to creditors
The impending default on the IMF loans leaves Greece sliding towards an exit from the euro.
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