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Firefighters and police join strike
Protesters from various work sectors gathered in Athens as part of a second general strike. They protested against the government's economic austerity plan and called for the measures to be dropped.
VIDEO: Inflation drop in late 2010
Governor Durmus Yilmaz says Turkey’s Central Bank is “sensitive” to the acceleration in inflation in the country last month. He says the bank expects the inflation rate to remain high until the fourth quarter of this year.
Mixed reactions
The Greek press reported on the tough times ahead for the country after the government announced further, tougher measures to deal with its economic woes.
VIDEO: Caglayan upbeat about target
Turkey's foreign trade minister sounded upbeat about the prospects for an increase in country's exports this year, saying that the country targeted to exceed 110 billion USD in 2010.
VIDEO: Istanbul tops unemployment list
Istanbul ranked highest in unemployment in 2009 among Turkish cities with an unemployment rate of 16.8%.
VIDEO: Two more Turkish officers charged
An Istanbul court charged two more active duty army officers over an alleged 2003 plot to overthrow the AK PARTY, government, bringing the number of suspects held to 37.
Income gap & poverty key issues
When the National People's Congress, China's parliament, convenes Friday, maintaining high economic growth and dealing with the country's ever widening wealth gap will be two issues high on the agenda.
Taxi drivers close streets in strike
Taxi drivers blocked Athens streets with their yellow cabs to stage a rally as part of a strike over the government's economic measures.
Toyoda apologises for recalls
The President of Toyota, Akio Toyoda offered a sincere apology to Chinese car buyers over Toyota's massive global recall, which has had limited impact in the Chinese market.
VIDEO: Goods imports up by 24.1 pc in Jan
There are positive signs today about the health of the Turkish economy. The Turkish Board of Statistics says imports of intermediate goods rose up to 8-point-6 billion U-S dollars in January. That constituted nearly 75- percent of Turkey's total imports for the period.
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