Athens Riots

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  Police Fire Tear Gas At Protesters Outside Greek Parliament: Report

  Greek riot police on Sunday fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators who threw Molotov cocktails during an anti-austerity protest outside parliament in Athens, local media reported, as lawmakers prepared to vote on a controversial tax and pensions overhaul.

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  Protesting Greek Farmers Clash With Riot Police

  Clashes broke out outside the Agriculture Ministry in central Athens on Friday as thousands of farmers from across Greece headed to the Greek capital for a two-day protest against the government's plans to impose new tax hikes and reform the pension system.

• 65-year-old man dies during Athens protest: Official

  A 65-year-old man died from heart failure during a demonstration in Athens on Thursday where riot police fired tear gas to repel firebomb-throwing protesters, a health ministry official said.

• Greece passes new austerity deal amid protests

  Greek lawmakers on Monday approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy, after riots in Athens and other cities left stores looted and burned and more than 120 people hurt. The historic vote paves the way for Greece's European partners and the International Monetary Fund to rele...

• Violence hits Athens as 100,000 join anti-austerity protest march

  Hundreds of rioting youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens on Wednesday after a mass anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures erupted into violence.

• Anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens

  Greece's prime minister says he will reshuffle his Cabinet on Thursday and seek a vote of confidence for his new government in Parliament, after coalition talks with Opposition parties failed.The discussions came as anti-austerity riots hit Central Athens.Prime Minister George Papandreou has struggled against falling approval ratings and an interna...