Dutch rally against benefit cuts
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More than 150,000 people took to the streets to protest planned cuts to social benefits in what police described as the largest anti-government demonstrations in the Netherlands in 20 years.
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Labor leader Mark Latham&#39;s plans for older Australians has received a mixed reaction from interest groups. At Labor&#39;s campaign launch yesterday, he promised to pay for the hospital costs of all Australians
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Disagreement has flared in Europe over a proposal to change the EU's budget deficit pact in Scheveningen, the Netherlands, China Radio International reported Saturday.
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SEOUL : Tens of thousands of workers have rallied here to protest a government reform bill aimed at stopping union militancy and securing flexible job markets, as a powerful labor group called a massive strike next week against the legislation.
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AMSTERDAM: Dutch Muslims rallied yesterday to condemn extremism and call for unity after a wave of attacks on mosques in apparent revenge for the murder of outspoken filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a suspected Muslim extremist.
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A vote by members of the United Auto  Workers (UAW) union on wage and benefit cuts at bankrupt car  parts maker Delphi Corp.  saw strong support from  several locals, but met stiff opposition at one New York unit.
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Nationwide protests are set to take place in Germany as cuts in unemployment benefit take effect.
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Dutch unions, employers' organisations and the government reached an agreement on the government's hotly contested austerity and reform plans.
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Protesters plan to take to the streets in more than 50 German towns and cities on Monday as cuts in unemployment benefit come into effect.
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Unions seek assurances on jobs in the event of a Barclays' takeover of Dutch bank ABN Amro.
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A fresh round of mass demonstrations over proposed cuts in welfare spending is set to take place in Germany.
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Thousands of German workers took part in protests Tuesday against a government plan to raise the retirement age to 67, the country's biggest industrial union said.
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Shares rallied after the government said that employers added more jobs and that wage increases slowed last month.
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Selami Aydin's words will comfort many Dutch people if opinion polls are to be believed.
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Defenders of financial rigour in the European Union attacked German calls for a radical dilution of the eurozone's budget rules at a lively meeting of EU finance chiefs.
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The Dutch government unveils its austerity budget for 2005 amid protests by the public at the plans for painful reform.
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Comment is free: Seumas Milne: We're not facing a winter of discontent. But if Brown keeps cutting public sector workers' pay, there'll be a backlash.