According to the island's Met Department, nearly three times as much rain fell in the first four days of December as in the whole of November.

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In November, Unison members at the three hospitals held four days of industrial action against the proposals.

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He was preceded by Prime Minister Lucas Papademos, a former banker and European Central Bank vice president, also an unelected politician who was sworn in as head of an interim government on November 11, 2011, after four days of political wrangling.

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