Sunday, November 27, 2011

Greek Feud: 2 Rival Leaders Share Common Bond

In an old black-and-white photograph, one wore long hair and a rakish mustache, the other thick-rimmed glasses.

Children of pedigree, they shared an undergraduate dorm at an American university. Forty years later, as political rivals at the height of the Greek crisis, George Papandreou — until recently prime minister — and Antonis Samaras symbolize the split personality of a nation with roots in left and right, chaos and greatness.

AP