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The Pasok candidate is expected to be defeated by an independent called Yiannis
BBC News - Home 2010
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PS And I leave you, as well, in your warm study, by your glowing screen just as I am, this evening, with a verse by Yiannis Ritsos:
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: Alas for the Egg That Is Greece Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012
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According to former mayor Yiannis Kazakos, had the appeal been won some of the plot would have been turned into a shopping mall – a council purchase meant that locals got to exert some control over the development.
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Lawmaker Yiannis Dimaras, a former journalist who displays on his office wall a photograph of himself interviewing a fatigue-clad Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua in 1983, declined to support the first bailout in May 2010.
For Ordinary Greeks, Big Bailout Adds Up to Years of Hardship Charles Forelle 2011
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My mum, Elpida, and my dad, Yiannis, came to Britain from Cyprus, separately, and met in London in the 1950s.
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I think of Abel Meeropol's lyric, "Strange Fruit"; of Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life"; of Greek poet Yiannis Ritsos' entire body of work.
Elizabeth Boleman-Herring: Alas for the Egg That Is Greece Elizabeth Boleman-Herring 2012
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"The participation rate in the strike is 90%," said Yiannis Grivas, head of the tax-collectors' union.
Greece's Efforts Fail to Calm Charles Forelle 2011
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The flight of funds abroad reflect fears of a Greek banking collapse, says Yiannis Stournaras , director general of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research, an Athens think tank.
Greek Banks' Liquidity Is Suffering As Nervous Clients Withdraw Savings Philip Pangalos 2011
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"The participation rate in the strike is over 90%," said Yiannis Grivas, head of the tax collectors' union, or POE-DOY.
Greek Tax Collectors, Others Strike Over Reforms Alkman Granitsas 2011
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"These policies will take us back to the last century," said Yiannis Panagopoulos who heads the Confederation of Greek Workers.
Greek prime minister promises Merkel no backtracking on reforms 2011
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