Greece's Syriza heads pre-election polls, but lead unclear


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  • Saturday, 12 Sep 2015

A leftist Syriza party supporter waves a party flag during a speech of former Greek Prime Minister and leader of the party Alexis Tsipras (not pictured) at a pre-election rally in the western suburb of Egaleo, in Athens, Greece, September 3, 2015. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis

ATHENS (Reuters) - Opinion polls on Friday put the leftist Syriza party of former Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras ahead by margins ranging from wafer-thin to its widest yet as elections draw near.

It and conservative rival New Democracy have been hard to separate in the run-up to the Sept. 20 ballot.

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