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As an aside ...

I believe the Greek referendum is DOA. Austerity is unpopular and would be voted down in a referendum but, while Greece's PM will eventually lose a non-confidence vote and then the following election, most opposition MPs know it is necessary and will be easier with the aid of other European nations; and they won't bring down the government until after the austerity measures are implemented so that George Papandreou can be the "fall guy".