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Friday, October 5, 2012

Farmers, shipyard workers protest in Greece




ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek police clashed with shipyard workers protesting pay arrears Thursday after they broke into the Defense Ministry grounds, while hundreds of farmers on tractors tried to invade the country's second-busiest airport on Crete during an anti-austerity protest.

"First get off my base," Kostarakos told the protesters, arguing that the military had no part in the workers' dispute with the government.

Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras said Wednesday there were still considerable differences between the government and Greece's debt inspectors from the International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank over the new austerity package.


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