ATHENS, March 11 (Xinhua) -- A general strike starting from Wednesday midnight in protest of the government's new austerity measures crippled the Greek capital Thursday.
The 24-hour strike, the latest in a series of protests called by two biggest trade unions, the civil servants' union ADEDY, and the country's umbrella labor union GSEE, was in reaction to plans of tax increases and reductions in holiday pay in the public sector.
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