WORLD IN BRIEF : GREECE : Close to 2 Million Hold 24-Hour Strike
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Nearly 2 million workers staged a 24-hour strike to protest government economic austerity measures, shutting down transportation and businesses. Rallies throughout the country denounced price increases and the abolition of inflation-linked wage increases for civil servants, measures adopted after Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis took office in April. He has been touring European capitals seeking investments for Greece’s economic recovery.
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