Greek lawmakers passed a bailout agreement that keeps thecountry in the euro for now, shifting attention to the EuropeanCentral Bank as it weighs whether to pump more money into thecountry's hobbled financial system.

After more than four hours of debate stretching into the earlyhours of Thursday, 229 members of the 300-seat parliament in Athensapproved new austerity measures that are a precondition of as muchas 86 billion euros ($94 billion) in aid. Among those who opposedthe bill were 32 members of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras'sCoalition of the Radical Left, or Syriza, a sign the premier mayhave lost his majority.

The vote puts the onus on the ECB and other euro-regiongovernments to deploy more emergency funds that would help Greekbanks gradually re-open and repair the country's battered coffers.The ECB's Governing Council meets in Frankfurt later on Thursdayand Germany's parliament will vote Friday on whether to startbailout negotiations to help Greece cover its debts and paypensions and salaries.

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