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Greece braces itself for more protests

Thursday, 20 October 20113 min read

Greece is set to be hit by a second day of a general strike and mass protests.

Its parliament is due to take a final vote on tough new austerity measures later today.

Greek air traffic controllers held a 12-hour stoppage yesterday but have now gone back to work.

Workers in most other sectors, including taxi drivers, doctors, teachers sand construction workers, are due to continue their industrial action for another 24 hours.

Yesterday, a march in Athens by 100,000 people ended with violent clashes with police.

By Bev Fearis