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Brief scuffles as pensioners and workers march on Athens

Brief scuffles as pensioners and workers march on Athens
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Brief scuffles occurred as hundreds of pensioners and workers marched on central Athens. They were rallying against plans to revamp the pension

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Brief scuffles occurred as hundreds of pensioners and workers marched on central Athens.

They were rallying against plans to revamp the pension system – action the government insists is necessary and which must be signed off by Greece’s international creditors.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras says the existing system is on the verge of collapse.

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