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| Greeks stage fresh general strike | Greeks stage fresh general strike |
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| Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike. | Greece is expected to grind to a halt for the second time in a month as hundreds of thousands of state and private workers stage a general strike. |
| The stoppage is in protest at the country's austerity measures. | The stoppage is in protest at the country's austerity measures. |
| The head of the employers' federation has accused the strikers of trying to make Greece into a charity case. | The head of the employers' federation has accused the strikers of trying to make Greece into a charity case. |
| More groups of workers are staging industrial action and officers from the police, fire and customs services are planning to join the street protests. | More groups of workers are staging industrial action and officers from the police, fire and customs services are planning to join the street protests. |
| Greece's links to the outside world have been severed. | Greece's links to the outside world have been severed. |
| Air traffic controllers have closed the country's airspace for 24 hours and ferries are stuck in harbours as maritime unions join the strike. | Air traffic controllers have closed the country's airspace for 24 hours and ferries are stuck in harbours as maritime unions join the strike. |
| The government says it sympathises with public anger over the tax rises and wage cuts, but it is refusing to water down the measures. | The government says it sympathises with public anger over the tax rises and wage cuts, but it is refusing to water down the measures. |
| Belt tightening | Belt tightening |
| Potential rebels within the governing socialist party who have objected to the belt tightening have been forced to toe the official line. | Potential rebels within the governing socialist party who have objected to the belt tightening have been forced to toe the official line. |
| In his first major public pronouncement, the head of Greece's employers' association has denounced the street protests. | In his first major public pronouncement, the head of Greece's employers' association has denounced the street protests. |
| Dimitris Daskalopoulos said the government had no alternative but to start again and reform the country. | Dimitris Daskalopoulos said the government had no alternative but to start again and reform the country. |
| He condemned what he called the perpetrators of demonstrations, agitation and violence. | He condemned what he called the perpetrators of demonstrations, agitation and violence. |
| He said they wanted to maintain the deplorable conditions that had forced Greece to look for charity from foreign markets. | He said they wanted to maintain the deplorable conditions that had forced Greece to look for charity from foreign markets. |
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