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February 20, 2013

Greek Workers Stage Anti-Austerity National Strike 
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Millions of workers have walked off the job in Greece today in a one-day
strike against fiscal austerity. It was the latest in a series of
actions against the wage cuts and tax hikes imposed as a condition of
Greece's international bailout. Tens of thousands of people marched on
the Greek parliament in Athens in the largest anti-austerity protest so
far this year.

 

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