Greek protest turns violent

Published: 10/02/2012 at 09:15 PM
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Greek protesters threw stones and firebombs at riot police who responded with tear gas in Athens on Friday as clashes erupted on the sidelines of a protest against new austerity cuts.

Riot police detain a demonstrator during a protest rally in front of the Greek parliament in Athens.

Television footage showed youths in hoods and motorcycle helmets breaking masonry around central Syntagma Square and throwing stones at police, who responded with bursts of tear gas.

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Discussion 1 : 11/02/2012 at 02:05 AM1
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'a 22 percent cut in the minimum wage, a 15 percent cut in complementary pensions and 15,000 civil service redundancies to meet a target of 150,000 layoffs'

Yep, there's going to be a lot more violent protests to come, I'm afraid. The country might get the bailout, but at the expense of having instability and violent protests on a pretty regular basis. Poor Greece... it's too bad.
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