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Tuesday, March 02, 2010

Nationwide Strike Paralyzes Greece, Rioting Spreads to Spain

Central Athens echoed with the angry chants of tens of thousands of protesters demonstrating against the Socialist government's austerity measures, as major unions staged a 24-hour nationwide general strike.

The Wednesday march was marred by violence when a group of about 20 youths broke away from the march and started throwing Molotov cocktails and heavy objects at police, damaging bus stops in Athens' Syntagma Square, where the Greek parliament is located.'

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