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By Lefteris Papadimas and Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos is expected on Friday to call a snap election for next month, an official at the presidency*told Reuters, ending fruitless coalition efforts among parties deeply divided over the country's new bailout. Following last week's resignation of leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, Pavlopoulos asked a conservative and a radical left leader to try to form a new government and thereby avoid another election just seven months after the previous poll. The official stressed on Wednesday that while the timetable could still change, Pavlopoulos intended to appoint a caretaker premier, Supreme Court judge Vassiliki Thanou, on Friday.More...