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As countries around the world experiment with shorter work weeks, Greece has taken a step in the opposite direction mdash; introducing a six-day work week for some businesses that operate on a 24 airmaxplus -hour basis.The six-day work week is allowed according to new legislation that went into effect on July 1, according toCBS News partner network BBC News. It is optional for workers adidas campus , who can work 48 hours instead of the typical 40 hours. Those who opt in can choose between working an additional two hours a day or an extra eight-hour shift, The Guardian reported. Workers will be paid 40% extra for the additional time. It is important to note that this measure does not affect in any way the established five-day working week mandated by law. Instead, it serves to address urgent operational demands that cannot be met through the available supply of specialised workers, a sp adidas originals hamburg okesperson for Greece s Ministry of Labour and Social Security told the BBC.Greece s government sees it as a way to boost economic growth and protect workers against under-declared or undeclared work and ensure fair compensation, the BBC reported.Before the Greek parliament endorsed the law, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the nucleus of this legislation is worker-friendly, it is deeply growth-oriented. And it brings Greece in line with the rest of Europe, according to The Guardian. While workers in Greece may choose to increase their workload, working hours are capped at 48 hours, according t Nfiw Abbas Gives Hamas Statehood Ultimatum
AP Photo/Esteban Felix A woman raises prays in front of the earthquake damaged Cathedral in downtown Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. stanley cup A 7.0-magnitud stanley romania e earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands. Haiti: The Road to RecoveryPhotos: Katie Couric Returns to Haiti AP Photo/Amel Emric stanley water bottle A Bosnian Muslim woman cries near coffin of her relative in Bratunac, Bosnia, on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, during a funeral ceremony for 31 Bosnian Muslims killed at the beginning of Bosnian 1992-95 war. All victims including girls 7 and 4-years-old, were exhumed from mass graves and identified by DNA. AP Photo/Saurabh Das A woman takes a shortcut through a graveyard as it rains in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. AP Photo/Wong Maye-E An anti-government protester dances with his dog at the Red Shirt encampment on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. The anti-government protests have crippled the capital s ritziest shopping district, forced the closure of several luxury hotels and devastated the economy, particularly the vital tourism sector.
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TRIPOLI, Libya - An Islamist-allied militia group secured a U.S. Embassy residential compound in Libya s capital, more than a month after American personnel evacuated from the country over ongoing fighting, one of its commanders said Sunday.An Associated Press journalist walked through the compound Sunday after the Dawn of Libya, an umbrella group for Islamist militias, invited onlookers inside. Some windows at the compound had been broken, but it appeared most of the equipment there remained untouched. The journalist saw treadmills, food, televisions and computers still inside.A commander for the Dawn of Libya group, Moussa Abu-Zaqia, told the AP that hi nike dunk s forces had entered and been in control of the compound since last week, a day after it has seized control of the capital and its strategic airport after weeks of fighting with a rival militia. Abu-Zaqia said the rival militia was in the compound before his troops took it over.A video posted online showed men playing in a pool at the compound. In a message on Twitter, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones said the video appeared to have been shot in at the embassy s residential annex.She also said it appeared the compound was being safeguarded and was not ransacked. The fighting pro adidas samba og mpted diplomats and thousands of Trip dunks shoes oli residents to flee. Dozens were killed in the fighting.On July 26, U.S. diplomats evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a U.S. military escort. The State Department said embassy operations wou Eagu Body reportedly found in Moscow missing head, sex organs
The Israeli army said on Tuesday it would relax restrictions on some Palestinians entering Israel from Bethlehem after relative quiet took hold in the West Bank city under a new security plan.The United States urged the Israelis and Palestinians to renew efforts to revive the stalled Gaza-Bethlehem plan, which has been seen as a test case for a wider truce in the 23-month Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.Palestinians have called for the plan, which was agreed last week, to be implemented in the Gaza Strip and hope moves to end curfews and closures are applied in other West Bank cities, where Israel sent troops in June after suicide attacks.Under the plan, Israel ended military operations in Bethlehem last Tuesday but kept its troops on t stanley kubek he outskirts, underscoring the fragility of the deal stanley cup under which Palestinian police were deployed in the city to ensure calm. In light of the relative quiet in Bethlehem...it has been decided...to ease conditions for the Palestinian population, the army statement said. It said the army would allow more workers, education and religious representatives, commodities and merchants with permits to enter Israel. It gave no date or further details.More than 150,000 Palestini stanley france ans live in Bethlehem and the adjacent towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour. Some of them dart through olive groves and over surrounding hills to evade army checkpoints and try to reach jobs in Jerusalem.Citing what it called intelligence warnings of suicide
As countries around the world experiment with shorter work weeks, Greece has taken a step in the opposite direction mdash; introducing a six-day work week for some businesses that operate on a 24 airmaxplus -hour basis.The six-day work week is allowed according to new legislation that went into effect on July 1, according toCBS News partner network BBC News. It is optional for workers adidas campus , who can work 48 hours instead of the typical 40 hours. Those who opt in can choose between working an additional two hours a day or an extra eight-hour shift, The Guardian reported. Workers will be paid 40% extra for the additional time. It is important to note that this measure does not affect in any way the established five-day working week mandated by law. Instead, it serves to address urgent operational demands that cannot be met through the available supply of specialised workers, a sp adidas originals hamburg okesperson for Greece s Ministry of Labour and Social Security told the BBC.Greece s government sees it as a way to boost economic growth and protect workers against under-declared or undeclared work and ensure fair compensation, the BBC reported.Before the Greek parliament endorsed the law, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the nucleus of this legislation is worker-friendly, it is deeply growth-oriented. And it brings Greece in line with the rest of Europe, according to The Guardian. While workers in Greece may choose to increase their workload, working hours are capped at 48 hours, according t Nfiw Abbas Gives Hamas Statehood Ultimatum
AP Photo/Esteban Felix A woman raises prays in front of the earthquake damaged Cathedral in downtown Port-au-Prince, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. stanley cup A 7.0-magnitud stanley romania e earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands. Haiti: The Road to RecoveryPhotos: Katie Couric Returns to Haiti AP Photo/Amel Emric stanley water bottle A Bosnian Muslim woman cries near coffin of her relative in Bratunac, Bosnia, on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, during a funeral ceremony for 31 Bosnian Muslims killed at the beginning of Bosnian 1992-95 war. All victims including girls 7 and 4-years-old, were exhumed from mass graves and identified by DNA. AP Photo/Saurabh Das A woman takes a shortcut through a graveyard as it rains in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 12, 2010. AP Photo/Wong Maye-E An anti-government protester dances with his dog at the Red Shirt encampment on Wednesday, May 12, 2010, in Bangkok, Thailand. The anti-government protests have crippled the capital s ritziest shopping district, forced the closure of several luxury hotels and devastated the economy, particularly the vital tourism sector.
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TRIPOLI, Libya - An Islamist-allied militia group secured a U.S. Embassy residential compound in Libya s capital, more than a month after American personnel evacuated from the country over ongoing fighting, one of its commanders said Sunday.An Associated Press journalist walked through the compound Sunday after the Dawn of Libya, an umbrella group for Islamist militias, invited onlookers inside. Some windows at the compound had been broken, but it appeared most of the equipment there remained untouched. The journalist saw treadmills, food, televisions and computers still inside.A commander for the Dawn of Libya group, Moussa Abu-Zaqia, told the AP that hi nike dunk s forces had entered and been in control of the compound since last week, a day after it has seized control of the capital and its strategic airport after weeks of fighting with a rival militia. Abu-Zaqia said the rival militia was in the compound before his troops took it over.A video posted online showed men playing in a pool at the compound. In a message on Twitter, U.S. Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones said the video appeared to have been shot in at the embassy s residential annex.She also said it appeared the compound was being safeguarded and was not ransacked. The fighting pro adidas samba og mpted diplomats and thousands of Trip dunks shoes oli residents to flee. Dozens were killed in the fighting.On July 26, U.S. diplomats evacuated to neighboring Tunisia under a U.S. military escort. The State Department said embassy operations wou Eagu Body reportedly found in Moscow missing head, sex organs
The Israeli army said on Tuesday it would relax restrictions on some Palestinians entering Israel from Bethlehem after relative quiet took hold in the West Bank city under a new security plan.The United States urged the Israelis and Palestinians to renew efforts to revive the stalled Gaza-Bethlehem plan, which has been seen as a test case for a wider truce in the 23-month Palestinian uprising against Israeli occupation.Palestinians have called for the plan, which was agreed last week, to be implemented in the Gaza Strip and hope moves to end curfews and closures are applied in other West Bank cities, where Israel sent troops in June after suicide attacks.Under the plan, Israel ended military operations in Bethlehem last Tuesday but kept its troops on t stanley kubek he outskirts, underscoring the fragility of the deal stanley cup under which Palestinian police were deployed in the city to ensure calm. In light of the relative quiet in Bethlehem...it has been decided...to ease conditions for the Palestinian population, the army statement said. It said the army would allow more workers, education and religious representatives, commodities and merchants with permits to enter Israel. It gave no date or further details.More than 150,000 Palestini stanley france ans live in Bethlehem and the adjacent towns of Beit Jala and Beit Sahour. Some of them dart through olive groves and over surrounding hills to evade army checkpoints and try to reach jobs in Jerusalem.Citing what it called intelligence warnings of suicide
