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By Renee Maltezou ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek schools shut and flights were disrupted as workers held a general strike on Wednesday to protest austerity imposed by foreign lenders, whose inspectors were in Athens to review the country's performance under its bailout. The 24-hour walkout by Greece's largest public and private sector unions brought much of the crisis-hit country to a standstill a day after officials from the "troika" of European Commission, European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund resumed their latest bailout review. The unions are also protesting against planned public sector job cuts and privatizations. "United we can stop them, we can topple them," public sector union ADEDY said in a statement before the strike.More...