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The World - News from July 4, 1989

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The new Greek ruling coalition began work on cleaning up the government, with Prime Minister Tzannis Tzannetakis vowing that a series of financial scandals will be investigated “in full and in depth.” Parliament held its first session, and its initial moves to lift the immunity of former Socialist ministers implicated in banking and arms industry scandals are expected later this week. The conservative-Communist coalition has given itself three months to begin prosecutions, after which it has pledged to hold fresh elections.

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