By AFP | AFP – Fri, Jun 22, 2012
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Incoming Greek finance minister Vassilis Rapanos was hospitalised on Friday, the government said, with unconfirmed reports saying the 65-year-old senior banker had fainted.
Rapanos was taken to a private hospital in Athens, a government spokesman said, hours before he was expected to take his oath of office.
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