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Protesters clash with riot police in front of the parliament during a 24-hour general strike in Athens. A general strike gripped Greece in protest against new austerity measures demanded with increasing urgency by the <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="ORGOV000067" title="European Union" href="/topic/economy-business-finance/economy/european-union-ORGOV000067.topic">European Union</a> as part of a debt rescue deal with banks.
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( Aris Messinis, AFP/Getty Images / February 7, 2012 )

Protesters clash with riot police in front of the parliament during a 24-hour general strike in Athens. A general strike gripped Greece in protest against new austerity measures demanded with increasing urgency by the European Union as part of a debt rescue deal with banks.

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