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Portugal government gives up on levy, to mull alternatives

2012/09/21 21:15:18 @Reuters: World News

LISBON (Reuters) - In an about-face, Portugal's government has agreed to negotiate alternative solutions to a social security tax hike that sparked the worst backlash to austerity since last year's EU/IMF bailout, an official statement said on Saturday.
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