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New doubts over Greece austerity deal

EUROZONE ministers last night cast doubt over a new Greek austerity plan as they met to decide on a new bailout fund.

Finance ministers arriving for talks in Brussels warned there would be no immediate green light for the rescue package, and said Athens must prove itself first.

European Union partners and the International Monetary Fund have been exasperated by a string of broken promises and weeks of wrangling over the terms of a €130 billion (£109bn) bailout, with time running out to avoid a chaotic default.