Greece braces for more strikes

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REUTERS
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Tue, 2010-03-02 22:29

Details of the latest walkout came as taxi drivers abandoned their vehicles on Tuesday, taking to the streets to march in protest at a tax clampdown, though polls indicated relatively strong public support for the government's budget measures. EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Olli Rehn on Monday called on Greece to do more to rein in a budget deficit whose scale has prompted fears over the country's ability to service its debt and shaken confidence in the euro zone and its single currency.

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