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General strike, protests staged against austerity in Portugal

（Xinhua）  09:00, June 28, 2013  

People pass by a closed metro station in Lisbon, June 27, 2013. The Portuguese staged a general strike across the country on Thursday fuelled by the prolonged economic recession in the bailed-out country. Meanwhile, thousands of Portuguese in Lisbon took to the street protesting against the government's austerity measures. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

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