Kathimerini reports that Prime Minister Papandreou won Parliament's support for a tough austerity package designed to stave off default, securing 155 votes from Greece's 300-seat House.
The government won the vote with 155 votes for, 138 against, five blank ballots and two absences.
The approval cleared the way for the release of a much-needed tranche of emergency funding from Greece's creditors but a second vote scheduled for Wednesday - on the implementation of the measures - will determine whether or not the €12 billion installment will be disbursed and a new rescue package elaborated.
But it was not all good news for the government. There were losses for the ruling Socialists as Panagiotis Kouroublis, one of a handful of sceptics, voted against the programme and was ousted from the party.
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