DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press= ATHENS, Greece (AP) — About 250 immigrants in Greece ended their six-week hunger strike Wednesday after reaching a compromise with the government to delay deportation proceedings against them, supporters of the protest said. The hunger strike had emerged as a crisis for the government as the number of people hospitalized steadily increased. It ended following a meeting with government ministers, who granted the mostly North African hunger strikers temporary permission to remain in Greece, said Thanassis Karabelis, a prominent campaigner for the protesters. More than 100 of the protesters have been hospitalized since the strike started Jan. 25 in Athens and…
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DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press= ATHENS, Greece (AP) — About 250 immigrants in Greece ended their six-week hunger strike Wednesday after reaching a compromise with the government to delay deportation proceedings against them, supporters of the protest said. The hunger strike had emerged as a crisis for the government as the number of people hospitalized steadily increased. It ended following a meeting with government ministers, who granted the mostly North African hunger strikers temporary permission to remain in Greece, said Thanassis Karabelis, a prominent campaigner for the protesters. More than 100 of the protesters have been hospitalized since the strike started Jan. 25 in Athens and…
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