Strike On Austerity Measures

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  Striking Greeks Take to Tension-Filled Streets in Austerity Protest

  Striking Greeks took to the streets on Thursday to protest austerity measures, setting Alexis Tsipras' government its biggest domestic challenge since he was re-elected in September promising to cushion the impact of economic hardship.

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  Greek Journalists on Strike Against Austerity Measures

  Greek journalists are on a 24-hour strike, pulling all newscasts off the air a day before a nationwide general strike against austerity measures.

• Thousands protest austerity measures in Greece

  Thousands took to the streets of Athens as unions launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures on Friday, a day after Greece's crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone. Clashes broke out in Syntagma Square, outside Parliament, as dozens of hooded youths threw fire bombs and st...

• Italian govt wins confidence vote on austerity

  The Italian government easily won a confidence vote Friday on its austerity measures, but new threats emerged against efforts to cut Italy's massive debt and a one-day strike caused chaos for commuters.

• So far, Heathrow escapes chaos despite huge strike

  Airline passengers arriving in Britain escaped chaos early Wednesday despite dire predictions of long waits, as border staff joined teachers, hospital workers and weather forecasters in the country's largest strike in decades. The one-day strike has been called in protest at the government's plan to make public sector pensions less generous in the ...