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Thousands of students and teachers staged a strike across Spain on Thursday to protest government austerity measures and a planned new education reforms.

Pockets of violence broke out as public demonstrations and strikes over rising unemployment and austerity measures took place in many parts of Europe Wednesday. Spanish and Portuguese workers staged a coordinated general strike across the Iberian Peninsula, shutting transport, grounding flights and closing schools to protest against spending cuts and tax hikes.

Workers walk off the job with anger over country's financial crisis.