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A woman boards a taxi after taxi drivers voted to suspend their ...
Aug 5th, 2011
(Reuters) - A woman boards a taxi after taxi drivers voted to suspend their strike in Athens August 5, 2011. Taxis were back on Greek streets on Friday after unions agreed to suspend a 19-day nationwide strike that has hit tourism, the debt-strapped country's biggest revenue earner. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE - Tags: TRANSPORT POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) -
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