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Athens tops agenda for Lagarde

-...A picture taken on June 20, 2011 shows French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde arriving for an Eurogroup meeting at the European Union (EU) Headquarters in Luxembourg. French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde was poised to be named head of the International Monetary Fund on June 28, 2011 when the global crisis lender's board meets to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Despite grumblings from emerging economies over Europe's 65-year lock on the executive director job, there was little doubt that the key IMF power, the United States, would support Lagarde, making it nearly impossible for Mexican challenger Agustin Carstens to win the position.AFP PHOTO / GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP/Getty Images)

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