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Tsipras promises specific proposals for debt solution on Thursday

(Reuters) Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras pleaded in the European Parliament on Wednesday for a fair deal to keep his country in the euro zone after EU leaders gave him five days to come up with reforms. “I honestly believe that it’s the sovereign right of any government to decide to increase taxation on profit-making businesses and not affect the lowest possible pensions and cut back further there to achieve those objectives,” Tsipras told the […]