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Meeting in the middle

Greece election results, reaction from Brussels, asylum procedure, Boston bomber trial postponed, discovering Pluto

As expected, the far left, anti-austerity Syriza party romped home in the Greek elections - not just winning by far the largest share of the votes, but almost securing an absolute majority. While everyone had expected them to win, few had expected it to be quite so resounding.

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All smiles for Greece's new coalition leaders - Alexis Tsipras of Syriza (R) and Panos Kammenos of the Independent Greeks (L)

A coalition, it seems was already in the pipeline - but Alexis Tsipras' choice of coalition partner is raising a few eyebrows. Wanting to work with another party that is new to government, he has chosen the far right, ultra conservative Independent Greeks.

So what do the far left and the far right in Greece have in common? Very little, apart from a shared aversion to austerity measures.

However, while both parties might claim to be vehemently anti-austerity, in reality, the new Greek government is going to have to compromise and move a little towards the centre, because at the end of the day, the country is dependent upon EU money.

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President of the European Ecofin council, Pier Carlo Padoan, seems less cheerful

Tsipras has been talking "debt forgiveness", which is unlikely to happen, not least because of the precedent it would set for other struggling Eurozone countries. However, some sort of deal will have to be struck.

Ilias Sikantaris explains the view in Athens,
and Sandra Gathmann looks at reactions in Brussels.

Asylum process changes

Interior minister, Johanna Mikl-Leitner is proposing changes to the asylum process which she says will speed up the process for the most needy cases, but will her proposals really make a difference. Herbert Langthaler of Aylkoordination gives his views.

Boston bomber trial

The Boston bomber trial has been postponed following difficulties in appointing an impartial jury. Nick Harper reports on the problems the case is facing.

Discovering Pluto

It may have lost its "planet" status, but Pluto is still in interesting place. NASA's "New Horizons" spacecraft is about to start photographing Pluto having taken nearly 10 years to get there.

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