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Greece's Syriza to go to party congress as dissent rumbles

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's ruling Syriza party on Thursday backed a call from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras for an emergency party congress, as he sought to assert authority following a revolt by hardliners on his handling of bailout talks. The congress would be held in September, party officials said. The move was approved in a show of hands by Syriza's central committee, a key decision-making body in the left wing movement. Greece narrowly averted an exit from the euro zone when it struck an 11th-hour deal with lenders this month, but that cost Tsipras the support of a quarter of his lawmakers who accuse the party of betraying its anti-austerity roots. (Reporting By Renee Maltezou)