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Greece headed for snap-polls as lawmakers fail to elect president

Greek PM hopes to avoid snap polls after improved result in parliamentary vote

The risk of renewed political instability in Greece, just as it is starting to emerge from a debt crisis that called into question the survival of the shared euro currency, is worrying its European Union partners.

Second day of power-sharing talks begin in Greece

Greece's conservative leader will hold a second day of talks with rival party leaders in an attempt to form a coalition government, after the debt-crippled country's second inconclusive election in six weeks.