Greek leaders fail to reach austerity consensus

ATHENS — Political leaders in Greece on Friday failed to find common ground on austerity measures needed to avert a new debt crisis, party chiefs who attended the emergency talks said.

"Sadly, some people have placed their posts above Greece," George Karatzaferis, leader of the nationalist Laos party, told reporters after the meeting between the country's main parties and President Carolos Papoulias.