ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek protesters halted public transport in Athens on Thursday and moved to disrupt collection of an unpopular new property tax in a growing wave of opposition to harsh new austerity measures demanded by international lenders. With the beleaguered Socialist government of Prime Minister George Papandreou fighting to…
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