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Greek leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras addresses a press conference after meeting with representatives of Germany’s Left Party (Die Linke) in Berlin, on January 15, 2013. Following Tspiras’s meeting with German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on January 14, 2013, neither side made official statements, but government sources in Berlin said that Schaeuble urged Tspiras to get behind the reform path taking place in Greece. AFP PHOTO / JOHN MACDOUGALL (Photo credit should read JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images)