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Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan (AP)

Cancelled flights are seen on the departure board at Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos during a strike in Spata on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only on Thursday as workers held yet another general strike to protest painful spending cuts. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greek police fired tear gas to disperse protesters throwing rocks and firebombs outside Parliament as more than 20,000 people marched through central Athens during a nationwide strike against the government’s harsh new austerity measures.


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