Newsmaker - Papandreou wins Pyrrhic victory

ATHENS (Reuters) - Third generation Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou won a confidence vote Friday and signalled he would quit after two tumultuous years, in a dramatic move that may keep his party in power but cost him his job.<img width='1' height='1' src='http://mf.feeds.reuters.com/c/871/f/415342/s/19d6e2f5/mf.gif' border='0'/><div class='mf-viral'><table border='0'><tr><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/sendemail2.html?title=Newsmaker+-+Papandreou+wins+Pyrrhic+victory&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fuk-greece-papandreou-idUKTRE7A381D20111104%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/emailthis2.gif" border="0" /></a></td><td valign='middle'><a href="http://res.feedsportal.com/viral/bookmark.cfm?title=Newsmaker+-+Papandreou+wins+Pyrrhic+victory&link=http%3A%2F%2Fuk.reuters.com%2Farticle%2F2011%2F11%2F04%2Fuk-greece-papandreou-idUKTRE7A381D20111104%3FfeedType%3DRSS%26feedName%3DtopNews" target="_blank"><img src="http://res3.feedsportal.com/images/bookmark.gif" border="0" /></a></td></tr></table></div> [More]

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