NEW LINK/ LATIMES / 30 Sept /
Striking workers marched from Athens to Bucharest, protesting cuts to jobless benefits, public service wages and pensions. Most marches were peaceful but there were clashes with police in Barcelona and in Greece, shots were fired at a convoy of police-escorted trucks that were delivering goods despite the strike.
( Picture: a police car on fire in Barcelona)
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