Greece Brought To A Standstill By Despairing Protests Over Austerity -- The Guardian
Second general strike in less than a month takes place amid latest round of draconian measures
Vanna Mendaleni is a middle aged Greek woman who until now has not had vehement feelings about the crisis that has engulfed her country. But that changed when the softly spoken undertaker, closing her family-run funeral parlour, joined thousands of protesters on Thursday in a mass outpouring of fury over austerity policies that have plunged ever growing numbers of Greeks into poverty and fear.
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