Eurozone falls into second recession since 2009
By Reuters in Brussels and Berlin | China Daily | Updated: 2012-11-16 08:05
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Protesters push a barrier in front of the Portuguese parliament during a 24-hour nationwide general strike in Lisbon, on Wednesday. Spanish and Portuguese workers staged the first coordinated general strike across the Iberian Peninsula, shutting transport, grounding flights and closing schools to protest against spending cuts and tax hikes. Rafael Marchante / Reuters |
The debt crisis dragged the eurozone into its second recession since 2009 in the third quarter despite modest growth in Germany and France, data showed on Thursday.
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