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<span class="date-display-single">Sun, 20/05/2012</span> </div>
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<div class="glw-authors">By <span class="glwnews-article-location"><a href="/taxonomy/term/1126">Tony Iltis</a></span></div><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image">
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<p>The rulers of the world are panicking over the results of Greek democracy. </p>
<p>As stock markets plummet globally, the crisis in Greece has become the main item for discussion for the world’s most powerful politicians at the May 19-20 G8 meeting at the US presidential retreat, Camp David.</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong><br />
<a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51080">Greece: Mass anger, left gains shows urgent need for united front</a></p>
<p>The cause of the alarm is the results of the May 6 elections. The traditional parties' vote slumped.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.greenleft.org.au/node/51082" target="_blank">read more</a></p>