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Bloomberg: Monday, February 6, 2012
European leaders stepped up pressure on Greek politicians to meet the conditions of a 130 billion- euro ($171 billion) bailout, saying time was running out.
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On this Day
February 6
- 1825: Theodoros Kolokotronis was imprisoned by the revolutionary government during the Greek War of Independence.
- 1949: The Communist Party of Greece (KKE) purged many high officials among them Markos Vafiadis.
- 1982: The Greek Ministry of Education abolished the blue aprons that primary school pupils were forced to wear.
- Births: Sperantza Vrana, actress (1932)
- Deaths: Patriarch Photius (891), the former Queen Frederika of Greece (1981), Koula Arsenidou, singer (1993)
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