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Posts Tagged Government pensions and social security

Greece caves in on civil service firings

Feb 6

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A woman walks past a advertising board for a pawn shop, in central Athens, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. Parties backing Greece's coalition government will hold a second day of emergency talks Monday on a vital austerity deal with rescue creditors, after an intense weekend of negotiations failed to produce a breakthrough needed to avert bankruptcy in March. (AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coalition government caved in to demands to cut civil service jobs, announcing 15,000 positions would go this year, amid mounting international pressure to agree on austerity measures needed to secure major new debt agreements.

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NM House panel to resume immigrant license debate

Feb 3

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A House panel has approved a proposal backed by Republican Gov. Susana Martinez to stop driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants in New Mexico.

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