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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gps-fight-police-in-greek-protest.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Riot police confront protesting doctors on strike outside the Greek Parliament, in Athens (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-gps-fight-police-in-greek-protest.jpg" alt="Riot police confront protesting doctors on strike outside the Greek Parliament, in Athens (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Striking doctors have scuffled with police outside Greece&#8217;s parliament as anti-cuts protests spread beyond unions to professional groups.</p>
<p>More than 1,000 doctors, some in white coats, staged the central Athens protest against plans to impose tougher monitoring rules for spending in the National Health Service.</p>
<p>Police used pepper spray during the brief confrontation, which ended without any injuries or arrests.</p>
<p>The country&#8217;s largest unions plan a general strike for February 23, and have announced that retailers will also join the protest and close their stores for 24 hours.</p>
<p>The Greek Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants said one in four of its small business members &#8211; or 225,000 enterprises &#8211; face the threat of closure in 2011.</p>
<p>Prime Minister George Papandreou said his government had no choice but to press ahead with the painful reforms.</p>
<p>&#8220;Even if we had a zero debt, we would had to implement radical reforms and changes to our development model. Otherwise, under the existing system, debts would soon appear,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>Doctors at Greece&#8217; main public health insurer, IKA, continued rolling strikes, joined by state hospital doctors in greater Athens.</p>
<p>Doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, teachers and public transport workers are all taking part in strikes this week against the latest round of austerity measures.</p>
<p>The government has set in motion a series of longer-term measures aimed at cutting overspending in return for international bailout loans worth 110 billion euros (£93 billion) throughout 2012.</p>
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