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After MPs adopt pension reforms :
Greece faces general strike
Greece faced a general strike Thursday after
deputies approved a bill on the reform of the private-sector pension
system, voting to raise the retirement age from 60 to 65. Socialist
Deputies and two independents late Wednesday backed the measure,
considered a key plank of the government’s program adopted in May to
pull the country out of its financial crisis.
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Baghdad attacks kill 39
A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-filled
belt targeted Shiite pilgrims and murdered 28 in Baghdad Wednesday
while 11 more were killed in bomb attacks, security officials told
AFP.
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Yemen faces Qaeda, pirate threats in vital strait
On a rocky volcanic outcrop set in the deep and
treacherous waters of a vital strait linking Europe to Asia, Yemen’s
coastguard is building a base to help secure one of the world’s
busiest waterways. Somali pirates trawl the sea south of the Bab al-Mandab
strait off Yemen’s coast, and in recent months have stepped up
attacks on tankers, cargo ships and fishing vessels in defiance of a
major crackdown by navies from at least a dozen countries.
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