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Greek PM wins confidence vote in parliament


    ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras comfortably won a confidence vote in parliament in the early hours of Saturday after securing the support of all 155 conservative and Socialist lawmakers in his coalition.

    Samaras called the vote in a bid to rally support for his plan to abandon an unpopular EU/IMF aid package and end speculation that he will soon have to call snap elections.

    (Reporting by Renee Maltezou and Lefteris Papadimas, Writing by Deepa Babington)