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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's new government took up the task on Thursday of persuading skeptical lenders visiting Athens to ease the punishing terms of the bailout saving the debt-laden country from bankruptcy. Just hours after being sworn in, Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras was due to meet senior officials from Greece's trio of international lenders - the European Union, European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund. The so-called 'troika' is in Athens to review Greece's faltering progress on fiscal adjustment and reforms under a 130 billion euro ($162.63 billion) bailout package. ...More...