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King of Mars
BBC /Tuesday, 21 October 2008.
"Air traffic, urban transport and public services have ground to a halt in Greece, where hundreds of thousands of people have walked out on strike.
...
Public offices across the country were forced to close, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to have joined the nationwide strike, called by two unions representing some 2.5 million people.
Nearly 200 domestic and international flights and many train services were cancelled, and ferries were forced to remain in port.
...
Two marches wound their way through Athens, displaying opposition to the 2009 draft budget, due to go before parliament this week.
They decried a 28bn-euro (£22bn) government rescue package to banks hit by the international credit crisis - one banner read: "Not one euro to support the capitalists."
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7681504.stm
"Air traffic, urban transport and public services have ground to a halt in Greece, where hundreds of thousands of people have walked out on strike.
...
Public offices across the country were forced to close, with hundreds of thousands of people thought to have joined the nationwide strike, called by two unions representing some 2.5 million people.
Nearly 200 domestic and international flights and many train services were cancelled, and ferries were forced to remain in port.
...
Two marches wound their way through Athens, displaying opposition to the 2009 draft budget, due to go before parliament this week.
They decried a 28bn-euro (£22bn) government rescue package to banks hit by the international credit crisis - one banner read: "Not one euro to support the capitalists."
Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7681504.stm
