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    Vol.62/No.6           February 16, 1998 
 
 
Farmers, Workers In Greece Protest Austerity  
Working farmers organize tractorcade in Thessaly, central Greece, February 2 (above), and threaten to shut country's main highway. Their demands include debt relief and lower costs of production. The same day, tens of thousands of workers rallied outside parliament in Athens to protest government austerity measures (inset). Public workers waged a series of strikes in January.  
 
 
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