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PostSubject: Greece braces for 48-hour strike amid crucial debate   Greece braces for 48-hour strike amid crucial debate Icon_minitimeMon Nov 05, 2012 9:29 pm

Greece is braced for a 48-hour general strike across public and private sectors in protest at a proposed new wave of spending cuts.

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Protest marches - which regularly end in running battles with police - are planned for the centre of Athens.

The action coincides with a debate in parliament on the austerity measures, with a vote by MPs due on Wednesday.

Greece must back the measures, and the 2013 budget, to receive the next part of a bailout and avoid bankruptcy.

The latest strike starting on Tuesday includes public transport workers, lawyers, air traffic controllers, taxi drivers, journalists and hospital staff.

Some transport and media workers downed tools on Monday as well.

The BBC's Mark Lowen in Athens says that with proposals for a fifth consecutive cut to pensions, an increase in the retirement age and reductions to salaries, benefits and healthcare, the fury among Greece's population is growing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20215987
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