Greek debt deal marks start of rough road

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Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis

Eurogroup negotiations on Friday ended in a hard-fought compromise, but Greece is already heading for another confrontation as the government rushes to outline reform plans that will satisfy the troika.

The deal cut late last week gave Greece's ruling Syriza party a few points on which to declare victory – a cut in the primary surplus target for this year, a four-month extension of the current bailout to buy breathing space, and careful avoidance of the terms "troika" and "programme", rebranded

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