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February 10, 2012

Greek Unions Protest Wage Cuts as Europe Withholds Aid 
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Greek unions have launched a two-day strike in protest of a new
austerity deal approved in order to receive a European bailout. The deal
would cut the private-sector minimum wage by 22 percent for workers over
25, and 30 percent for those under 25. European finance ministers are
still withholding the $170 billion bailout, saying the Greek austerity
measure does not go far enough.



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