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24 hours to clinch Greek bankruptcy-saving deal: minister

Greece has one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, its finance minister said Saturday, warning that talks were "on a knife edge."

Greece has one day left to clinch a eurozone bailout and a bond swap with creditors to manage its crushing debt repayments, Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said, warning that talks were "on a knife edge."

"The moment is very critical," Evangelos Venizelos told reporters after a telephone conference with fellow eurozone finance ministers, which he described as "very difficult."

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