Athens scrap dealer defies taboos in crisis-hit Greece

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Athens scrap dealer defies taboos in crisis-hit Greece

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/athens-scrap-dealer-defies-taboos-crisis-hit-greece-135030563.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MDZ_GUJJ_aLa9uiMzgXGDA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-02-06T134954Z_1_CBRE91512F800_RTROPTP_2_OUKOE-UK-GREECE-SCRAPDEALER.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Dimitris poses inside his three-wheeler at a scrap weigh station in Athens" align="left" title="Dimitris poses inside his three-wheeler at a scrap weigh station in Athens" border="0" /></a>ATHENS (Reuters) - With his red beanie hat and rickety three-wheeler, 56-year-old Dimitris cuts an unlikely figure as he dives head-first into the garbage to scour for scrap in Athens's wealthy suburbs. The unemployed builder is one of the few Greeks to defy taboos by becoming a scrap dealer in a country where the job is considered the lowly domain of illegal migrants. But Dimitris, who worked on construction sites for 42 years before losing his job, has grown proud of a trade he turned to as a last resort to make ends meet during Greece's worst economic crisis in decades. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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