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In Greece, tumult in the government and on the streets Cutbacks demanded by international lenders have led to a public backlash, with tens of thousands of Greeks flooding into the main squares of cities across the country.
Feb. 20, 2012
A student is briefly detained after about 200 high-school students blocked traffic in front of the parliament and some hurled rocks at police in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square during an anti-austerity demonstration. Euro zone finance ministers are expected to approve a second bailout for Greece to try to draw a line under months of uncertainty that has shaken the currency bloc, though there is work to be done to make the figures add up.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Feb. 19, 2012
Employees of a state-owned labor housing organization protest in front of the Greek parliament against its closure. Greek unions and leftist parties lead fresh anti-austerity protests on the eve of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels called to approve a 130 billion euro loan package needed for Athens to avoid default.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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Feb. 20, 2012
High school students scuffle with a driver as they block the avenue outside the Greek Parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens. Euro zone governments will likely approve a long-elusive rescue package for Greece, saving it from a potentially calamitous bankruptcy next month, senior officials said.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
Feb. 19, 2012
A riot policeman is attacked with a laser pointer during clashes in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos unexpectedly headed Sunday to Brussels a day ahead of a crucial euro zone finance ministers' meeting to discuss a $170 billion bailout necessary to keep Greece from going bankrupt.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Feb. 19, 2012
Riot policemen are attacked with flares during clashes in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Feb. 19, 2012
Police detain a protester during a demonstration against new austerity measures in Athens. Greek unions and leftist parties lead fresh anti-austerity protests on the eve of a meeting of euro zone finance ministers in Brussels called to approve a $170 billion loan package needed for Athens to avoid default.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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Feb. 14, 2012
Greek pensioners march in central Athens, protesting new austerity cuts. The euro zone insists that Greece must stick to hugely unpopular austerity measures agreed to in return for a debt bailout by the European Union and International Monetary Fund, with no wiggle room allowed at talks scheduled for Feb. 15.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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Feb. 14, 2012
A protester raises his arm during an anti-austerity rally in Athens. Greece has admitted that it has a tough job in persuading the European Union and International Money Fund to save it from bankruptcy, even after parliament approved savage budget cuts that provoked a night of looting and burning in central Athens.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
Feb. 14, 2012
An elderly woman begs by the Bank of Greece headquarters in Athens. Euro zone finance ministers, scheduled to meet on Feb. 15, are unwilling to allow Greece to wriggle out of hugely unpopular cuts, approved by the Greek Parliament in the face of violent protests. The slogan on the wall reads, “Cops, your children will eat you.”
Louisa Gouliamaki
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Feb. 14, 2012
A worker cleans red and black paint from the side of the Bank of Greece after Sunday's riots in Athens. Firefighters doused smoldering buildings and clean-up crews swept rubble from the streets of central Athens, after a night of rioting during which lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Feb. 14, 2012
A worker holds helmets at the damaged entrance of the 1870 building, which had housed one of the capital's most loved cinemas, the Attikon, open since 1916, in Athens.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Feb. 14, 2012
Workers and shop owners carry debris and consumer products from a burned-out building after Sunday night’s violent protests following the Greek Parliament’s approval of a deeply unpopular austerity bill in Athens.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Feb. 13, 2012
People gather with candles outside a building that had housed one of the capital's most loved cinemas, the Attikon, since 1916, during a rally against violence in Athens. Rioters on Sunday destroyed or seriously damaged 93 buildings following a night of rioting, after lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the nation from bankruptcy.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Feb. 13, 2012
A firefighter extinguishes a fire at one of the capital's oldest restored cinemas in central Athens. Firefighters are dousing smoldering buildings and clean-up crews are sweeping rubble following a night of rioting in central Athens, after lawmakers approved harsh new austerity measures demanded by bailout creditors to save the debt-crippled nation from bankruptcy.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Feb. 13, 2012
Workers clear a burned-out cafe in central Athens. Firefighters are dousing smoldering buildings and clean-up crews are sweeping rubble after a night of rioting in central Athens.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
Protesters carrying banners stand amid tear gas fired by riot police during demonstrations outside the Greek Parliament building in Syntagma Square in Athens. Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos won parliamentary approval for austerity measures to secure an international bailout. Rioters protesting the measures battled police and set fire to buildings in downtown Athens.
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Bloomberg News
Feb. 12, 2012
Riot police stand among tear gas and gasoline bombs as they clash with protesters outside Parliament in Athens.
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Bloomberg News
Feb. 12, 2012
Protesters pass by a burning cinema in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
Riot police pass by a burning building in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
A gasoline bomb explodes over riot police during clashes in Athens.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
A protester throws an object toward riot police during clashes in Athens. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the square outside Parliament as a parliamentary debate on further austerity cuts began.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
A cyclist rides past a burning building during violent protests in central Athens. Historic theaters, cafes and shops went up in flames in central Athens on Sunday as black-masked protesters fought Greek police outside Parliament.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Feb. 12, 2012
A riot police officers tries to extinguish flames from a gas bomb thrown by protesters outside the Greek Parliament. As crowds grew, a few hundred anarchists started to throw bottles and firebombs at police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
A woman is arrested by riot police during a huge anti-austerity demonstration in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Feb. 12, 2012
Demonstrators clash with riot police during an anti-austerity protest in Athens's Syntagma Square. Prime Minister Lucas Papademos warned that failure to enact dramatic austerity measures would result in "economic chaos."
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Feb. 12, 2012
A protester kicks a tear gas canister toward riot police during clashes outside Parliament in Athens.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Feb. 12, 2012
A protester gestures at riot police during clashes outside the Parliament in Athens.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Nov. 5, 2011
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, bottom right, and his ministers applaud after winning a confidence vote in Parliament. Papandreou won a nail-biting confidence vote after pledging to initiate the talks to overcome a budding revolt from the party founded by his father nearly four decades ago. But a day later, he appeared to be on the verge of resigning after having problems forming a broad new coalition.
Tatiana Bolari
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Nov. 4, 2011
Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos stands in Parliament before the confidence vote in Athens.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
Nov. 4, 2011
Supporters of Greece's Communist Party stand demonstrate in Athens's Syntagma Square.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Nov. 3 2011
A protester chants slogans in front of Parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
Nov. 3, 2011
Aides and security officers watch as Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou arrives at an urgent cabinet meeting in Parliament.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Nov. 1, 2011
Protesters dressed as prisoners gather during an event to protest austerity measures outside the Parliament in Athens. Lawmakers in Greece's ruling Socialist party revolted Tuesday over their prime minister's surprise decision to hold a referendum on a European debt deal, threatening the very survival of his government. Writing on the uniforms read: “No to new tax card” and “No to global governance.”
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Oct. 28, 2011
Protesters shout against austerity policies in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece. Greeks blocked a main avenue where a military parade was to take place on Friday, forcing its cancellation. Greece's Oct. 28 national holiday celebrates the country's rejection of Italy's ultimatum to surrender as World War II flared up and every year celebrates as the "Ochi" (No) day.
Grigoris Siamidis
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Reuters
Oct. 28, 2011
Protesters pull police barricades during a demonstration against austerity policies in Thessaloniki, in northern Greece.
Grigoris Siamidis
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Reuters
Oct. 20, 2011
Pro-communist union protesters clash with other demonstrators in Athens.
ARis Messinis
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Oct. 20, 2011
Pro-communist union protesters clash with other demonstrators in Athens. Clashes have broken out in central Athens between rival groups of demonstrators, amid a second day of mass demonstrations against a new round of austerity measures being debated in Parliament. Police fired tear gas outside Parliament as several hundred masked youths attacked peaceful demonstrators from a communist-backed trade union who had tried to isolate themselves the from the rally.
Aris Messinis
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Oct. 20, 2011
Riot police officers assist a colleague whose clothing caught fire after being hit by a gasoline bomb during rioting in central Athens. One protester died and dozens were injured during an anti-austerity demonstration that turned violent in the Greek capital.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Oct. 20, 2011
A man helps an injured demonstrator during clashes between communists and black-clad youths near the Parliament building in Constitution Square in Athens.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Oct. 20, 2011
Demonstrators clash with police in Athens.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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Oct. 20, 2011
Demonstrators are hit by gasoline bombs during clashes between rival groups of communists and black-clad youths near the Parliament building in Constitution Square in Athens.
Yiorgos Karahlis
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Reuters
Oct. 20, 2011
Paramedics carry a wounded woman to an ambulance in Athens's Constitution Square during violent demonstrations.
Milos Bicanski
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Oct. 20, 2011
A demonstrator wrapped in a Greek flag protests outside Parliament during the second day of a national strike in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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Bloomberg
Oct. 20, 2011
A man adjusts his mask with the help of a woman during a rally around central Constitution Square in Athens. The European Commission said on Thursday that inspectors from the E.U. and International Monetary Fund were finalizing their analysis of Greece's debt sustainability and would present their report to euro zone finance ministers at a meeting on Friday.
Yiorgos Karahlis
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2011
A firebomb explodes next to riot police during clashes outside the Greek Parliament. A two-day general strike that unions vow will be the largest in years grounded flights, disrupted public transport and shut down everything from shops to schools in Greece, as at least 50,000 protesters converged in central Athens. All sectors, from dentists, state hospital doctors and lawyers to shop owners, tax office workers, pharmacists, teachers and dockworkers walked off the job ahead of a Parliamentary vote Thursday on new austerity measures.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
Oct. 19, 2011
Immigrants protest in central Athens.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Oct. 19, 2011
People walk past the Greek parliament during an anti-austerity rally in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square. Unions began a 48-hour general strike, the biggest protest in years, as parliament prepares to vote on sweeping new austerity measures designed to stave off a default that could trigger a crisis in the wider euro zone.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2011
Demonstrators push a metallic police barrier outside the Greek Parliament.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
Oct. 19, 2011
A woman covers her nose as she passes a wall of garbage during the second week of a strike by municipality workers and garbage collectors in Athens.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2011
A woman shouts while taking part in an anti-austerity rally in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2011
A passenger looks for information in the departure hall of Athens's International airport during a 48 hour-general strike.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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Oct. 19, 2011
Demonstrators protest in central Athens.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Oct. 19, 2011
People take part in an anti-austerity rally in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Oct. 19, 2011
A woman shouts while taking part in an anti-austerity rally in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Oct. 18, 2011
Protesters wave black flags below a black banner reading ''Occupation'' next the Greek flag during an occupation by the employees of Finance Ministry in central Athens. Greek railway workers and journalists joined ferry crews, garbage collectors, tax officials and lawyers on Tuesday in a strike blitz against yet more austerity measures required if the country is to avoid defaulting on its debts.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Oct. 17, 2011
Firefighters hold a banner as more than 1,000 Greek police, firefighters and coast guards, many in uniform, gather for an anti-austerity protest outside the marble Panathenaean stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896. The protesters then held a peaceful march to Parliament. Strikes halted ferries to the Greek islands and left rotting trash piling up in Athens for the 16th straight day Monday, as unions fought back against more austerity cuts at the start of a crucial week for both Greece and the 17-nation euro zone.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Oct. 17, 2011
More than 1,000 Greek police officers, firefighters and coast guard officers, many in uniform, gather for an anti-austerity protest in Athens outside the marble Panathenaean Stadium, where the first modern Olympics were held in 1896.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Oct. 5, 2011
A firebomb explodes in front of the Greek Parliament during a 24-hour strike.
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Oct. 5, 2011
Riot policemen try to avoid a firebomb thrown by protesters during a demonstration in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square. Police fired tear gas at stone-throwing youths in central Athens Wednesday, where thousands of striking state sector workers marched against cuts the government says are needed to save the nation from bankruptcy.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Oct. 5, 2011
Policemen take positions around the parliament during a protest in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Oct. 5, 2011
Policemen beat a protester during a rally in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
Oct. 5, 2011
A youth kicks a man ,covered in his own blood, after a group of leftist protesters tried to lynch him while accusing him of being a fascist during a protest in Athens's Syntagma (Constitution) Square.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
Oct. 5, 2011
Riot policemen clash with demonstrators during a protest rally marking a 24-hour general strike. More than 30,000 public-sector workers demonstrated in Greece today in a strike against deeper austerity cuts that shut down courts, schools and transport, including air traffic.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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Oct. 5, 2011
Protesters march toward the Greek Parliament during a protest rally marking a 24-hour general strike.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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Sept. 28, 2011
Bills for a new one-off income tax are placed in front of the protesters from the Greek Communist-affiliated trade union PAME during a rally against government's new austerity measures in Athens. E.U. and IMF inspectors will return to Greece on Thursday to decide whether Athens has done enough to secure a new batch of aid vital to avoid bankruptcy, while Germany suggested a new bailout might have to be renegotiated.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
Sept. 28, 2011
Pensioners march during a rally against government's new austerity measures in Athens. Greece's lenders are sending a team to Athens to inspect a government austerity plan they want implemented in exchange for aid, while Germany suggested a new bailout may have to be renegotiated.
Panagiotis Tzamaros
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Reuters
Sept. 27, 2011
A woman leaves a bank as riot police guard the entrance of the Finance Minister during a protest by garbage collectors in Athens. The protest was held while Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos presented further details of austerity measures aimed at protecting Greece's debt-ridden economy from the prospect of a disorderly default.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
Sept. 27, 2011
An employee of the Finance Ministry scuffles with riot police at the ministry's entrance in Athens during a protest against the government's austerity measures.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
Sept. 25 2011
Protesters hold a Greek national flag during an anti-austerity protest in front of the Greek parliament in Athens. Police used tear gas to disperse some 3,000 protesters who gathered in front of the Greek parliament to protest against the government's planned austerity measures.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
June 29, 2011
Masked protesters try to avoid tear gas during clashes with riot police amid a 48-hour general strike in Athens. On Wednesday, Greek lawmakers backed a tough new austerity plan demanded by international creditors, enraging many protesters.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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June 29, 2011
Demonstrators shield their heads as police throw stun grenades in front of Parliament during protests in Athens over austerity measures aimed at securing international funds to prevent the euro zone's first sovereign default.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 29, 2011
Riot policemen arrest a protester during clashes in central Athens. The deeply unpopular austerity bill that was approved Wednesday has provoked days of rioting in the streets of the Greek capital.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
June 29, 2011
A demonstrator is detained by riot police during the protests in Athens. There is significant public opposition to the package of tax increases and budget cuts that Parliament approved Wednesday.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 29, 2011
Riot policemen scuffle with women during a 48-hour general strike in Athens that kicked off Tuesday.
Aris Messinis
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June 29, 2011
A fire rages in the central post office at Syntagma Square near Parliament in Athens during the clashes.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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June 29, 2011
A protester gets close to a firebomb during the general strike in Athens. The measures approved by Parliament will touch the lives of almost every Greek citizen through higher income taxes, tougher tax enforcement and fewer government services.
Aris Messinis
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June 29, 2011
Riot police empty Syntagma Square during the strike in Athens.
Alkis Kostantinidis
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June 29, 2011
An anti-austerity protester holds a Greek flag as he confronts riot police in front of the parliament in Athens. Greece's parliament looked increasingly likely to approve unpopular austerity measures on Wednesday, despite violent protests, to secure international funds to prevent the euro zone's first sovereign default.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 29, 2011
Communist party lawmaker Liana Kanelli enters her car after protesters threw yoghurt on her face as she tried to reach the Greek parliament during a 48-hour general strike in Athens.
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June 29, 2011
Protesters clash with policemen during an anti-austerity rally in Athens. Anti-austerity protesters attempted to block streets leading to the parliament where, later today, Greece's parliament holds a crucial vote on whether to submit the country to a fresh wave of unpopular austerity measures as it attempts to avoid a debt default.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 29, 2011
A riot policeman strikes a demonstrator trying to prevent officials from reaching the Greek parliament in central Athens.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
June 29, 2011
A riot policeman strikes a demonstrator as protesters try to prevent officials from reaching the Greek parliament in central Athens.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
June 29, 2011
An anti-austerity protester throws a bag of garbage at riot police in Athens.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 29, 2011
Protesters clash with riot police during a 48-hour general strike in Athens. Police fired tear gas several hours before the Greek Parliament was to vote on an austerity package. The vote on a 28.4 billion euro ($40.8 billion) package of taxes, spending cuts and sell-offs is crucial for Greece to secure international aid to stave off bankruptcy that would threaten euro zone stability.
Aris Messinis
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June 29, 2011
Demonstrators embrace after being overcome by tear gas during a protest in front of the parliament in Athens.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 29, 2011
A protester throws a stone at police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens.
Thanassis Stavrakis
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AP
June 29, 2011
Anti-austerity protesters set up roadblocks as they attempt to block streets leading to the parliament in Athens.
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June 29, 2011
Protesters clash with riot police during a 48-hour general strike in Athens.
Aris Messinis
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June 29, 2011
A protester shouts in front of riot police in Athens, several hours before the Greek Parliament was to vote on an austerity package.
Aris Messinis
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June 28, 2011
A fire bomb explodes as riot police officers run to avoid it during a demonstration in Athens. Greece's government is bracing for a 48-hour general strike, as lawmakers debate a new round of austerity measures designed to win the country the rescue loans needed to avoid bankruptcy.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
June 28, 2011
Protesters clash with riot police during a 48-hour general strike. As parliament votes on drastic belt-tightening measures to unlock 12 billion euros ($17 billion) of blocked funds from the European Union and International Monetary Fund, unions have called on Greeks facing hefty tax hikes to stage mass demonstrations.
Aris Messinis
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June 28, 2011
Riot police arrest demonstrators during a protest against plans for new austerity measures.
Milos Bicanski
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June 28, 2011
Riot police and demonstrators clash during protests against austerity measures.
Panagiotis Tzamaros
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Reuters
June 28, 2011
A protester uses a fire extinguisher against police during a demonstration in Athens. Rioters hurled rocks and fire bombs in central Athens on Tuesday, as a general strike against new austerity measures brought the country to a standstill.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
June 28, 2011
A kiosk owner wears a gas mask while selling cigarettes at a kiosk during clashes at Syntagma Square in central Athens.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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June 28, 2011
A protester and a riot police officer take a cigarette break together, after clashes during a demonstration in Athens.
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June 28, 2011
A protester wearing a gas mask walks beside a burning van during violent protests in Athens. With Greece teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, parliament is due to vote this week on a package of spending cuts, tax increases and privatizations as part of a massive bailout aimed at averting the euro zone's first default.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
June 28, 2011
Demonstrators confront riot police in front of the Greek parliament.
Filippo Monteforte
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June 28, 2011
Demonstrators throw stones at riot police during a protest.
Petros Karadjias
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AP
June 28, 2011
A riot police officer is hit by a stone during clashes with protesters.
Aris Messinis
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June 28, 2011
A protester holding a hammer runs amid tear gas during clashes with riot police.
Aris Messinis
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June 28, 2011
A demonstrator sits on a step near graffiti that reads "don't live like slaves."
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June 28, 2011
Greek police officers face demonstrators in front of the Greek parliament.
Filippo Monteforte
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June 28, 2011
Protesters wait outside of a branch of Emporiki Bank in Athens. Greek unions shut down government services, halted public transport and disrupted flights as Prime Minister George Papandreou urged lawmakers to obey their "patriotic conscience" and back tougher austerity measures.
Kostas Tsironis
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Bloomberg
June 28, 2011
Communist Party-backed union members march during a demonstration in Athens.
Petros Karadjias
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AP
June 26, 2011
Protesters gesture while shouting slogans in front of the Greek Parliament during a demonstration for a fourth consecutive week against austerity measures in Athens. Parliament is due to start debating the program of tax increases and spending cuts June 27 as labor unions plan a 48-hour general strike for Tuesday and Wednesday.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
June 26, 2011
Whistles are seen in front of the Parliament during a rally against the austerity economic measures at Syntagma Square in Athens.
John Kolesidis
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Reuters
June 21, 2011
Greek protesters gather in front of the Greek parliament in central Athens during a peaceful ongoing rally against plans for new austerity measures. That day, parliament gave the prime minister a vote of confidence.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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AP
June 21, 2011
Greek protesters, some waving national flags, have been camped outside parliament for weeks. They are critical of the emergency program crafted for the country by the IMF and European powers including Germany.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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AP
June 18, 2011
Communist demonstrators outside the Greek Parliament.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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June 18, 2011
Protesters in Athens.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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AP
June 17, 2011
Newly appointed ministers of defense, infrastructure, finance, environment, foreign affairs and labor are sworn in at the presidential palace in Athens.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
June 17, 2011
Protesters raise a Greek flag in front of Parliament.
John Kolesidis
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June 17, 2011
Presidential Evzoni soldiers perform the changing of the guard in front of Parliament.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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June 16, 2011
Supporters of the Greek Communist party (KKE) rally against austerity measures at Omonoia square in Athens. A string of parliamentary resignations on Thursday threatened to thwart Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou's plan to reshuffle his cabinet and pass austerity measures needed to save the nation from default.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
June 16, 2011
Supporters of the Greek Communist party (KKE) take part in a rally against austerity measures at Omonoia square in Athens.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
June 16, 2011
A woman makes a transaction at an automated teller machine outside a bank branch in Athens. Tension over a planned rescue of Greece continues to dog bank stocks across Europe, as worries about a wider fallout outweigh confidence that losses on Greek debt should be absorbable.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
June 16, 2011
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou prepares to give a speech in parliament during an emergency meeting of Socialist lawmakers in Athens. Papandreou vowed to stay on as prime minister despite a party revolt that broke out against new austerity measures that have triggered violent street protests and widespread discontent.
Petros Giannakouris
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June 16, 2011
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou gives a speech in parliament during an emergency meeting of Socialist lawmakers, in Athens.
Petros Giannakouris
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June 15, 2011
Demonstrators, not seen, who gathered in front of the Parliament in Athens's main Syntagma square point laser beams at a nearby building. Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in central Athens Wednesday as a major anti-austerity rally degenerated into violence outside Parliament, where the struggling government was to seek support for new cutbacks to avoid a disastrous default.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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June 15, 2011
Demonstrators gather in front of the Parliament in Syntagma square. Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police in central Athens Wednesday as a major anti-austerity rally degenerated into violence.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
June 15, 2011
A photographer, center, reacts as Greek protesters run with batons to hit a riot police officer, right, during clashes in Syntagma square in Athens.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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June 15, 2011
Protesters, left, prepare to attack riot policemen during riots in central Athens. Riot police made heavy use of tear gas to disperse groups of masked anarchists hurling firebombs and rocks on the sidelines of a major rally outside Parliament.
Petros Giannakouris
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June 15, 2011
A protester throws a stone at riot police in Athens during clashes at Syntagma square.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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AP
June 15, 2011
A demonstrator confronts riot police near the Greek parliament in Athens. Tens of thousands of grass-roots activists and unionists converged on Athens's central Syntagma (Constitution) Square as Prime Minister George Papandreou prepared to push through a new five-year campaign of tax increases, spending cuts and sell-offs of state property to continue receiving aid from the European Union and International Monetary Fund and avoid default.
Pascal Rossignol
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Reuters
June 15, 2011
Left- and right-wing demonstrators beat one another at Syntagma Square in front of the Greek Parliament.
Dimitri Messinis
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June 15, 2011
A dog barks at a formation of riot police near the Greek Parliament in Athens.
Pascal Rossignol
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June 15, 2011
Greek riot police arrest a protester during a general strike against government austerity plans in Athens.
Panagiotis Tzamaros
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June 15, 2011
A protester holding a Greek flag shouts in front of a police cordon outside the Greek Parliament.
Lefteris Pitarakis
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June 15, 2011
Protesters argue with riot police outside the parliament during a general strike against government austerity plans.
Aris Messinis
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June 15, 2011
A protester kicks a police barrier outside the Greek Parliament.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
June 15, 2011
Riot police officers are confronted by demonstrators at Syntagma Square.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
June 15, 2011
Police arrest a demonstrator trying to block the road to the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures. A 24-hour anti-austerity strike by Greece's largest labor unions crippled public services Wednesday.
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June 15, 2011
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, center, accompanied by his advisors Nikos Ziogas, left,and PASOK Secretary General Nikos Athanasakis leaves the Presidential Palace after his meeting with Greek President Karolos Papoulias, in Athens.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
June 15, 2011
Protesters gather outside the Greek Parliament during a general strike against government austerity plans.
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June 15, 2011
Riot police block the entrance of the Greek Parliament in Athens prior to a rally. A 24-hour strike by Greece's largest labor unions is set to cripple public services as the Socialist government begins a legislative battle to push through last-ditch cost cutting reforms that will exceed its own term in office.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
June 15, 2011
Protesters paint graffiti outside of the Greek Parliament in Athens, prior to a rally against plans for new austerity measures.
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AP
June 5, 2011
Protesters hold Greek flags and shout insulting slogans against Greek politicians during a huge rally against austerity measures and corruption in Athens's Constitution (Syntagma) square. The protest, on its 12th day, was organized through a Facebook group called "The Indignant."
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
June 5, 2011
A Greek orthodox priest holds an old flag of the Greek revolution that reads "freedom or death" during a peaceful rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
June 5, 2011
Protesters stand in front of the Greek Parliament during a rally against austerity economic measures and corruption in Athens.
Yannis Behrakis
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Reuters
June 5, 2011
Demonstrators gesture during protests in front of the Greek parliament building. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou, who has won assurances that international lenders will make the next payment of last year's $161 billion rescue, will aim to quell growing dissent this week within his socialist party known as PASOK — over deeper austerity measures as voters' patience wears thin and public protests mount.
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Bloomberg News
June 5, 2011
A demonstrator bangs on a pot during a peaceful rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
June 5, 2011
A demonstrator, dressed as the Greek revolution leader Theodoros Kolokotronis, waves to the crowd during a peaceful rally outside the Greek Parliament in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
June 5, 2011
Protesters demonstrate against a new austerity package in front of the Greek Parliament.
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June 5, 2011
A protester holds up a pot and ladle in front of the Parliament building during a rally against a new austerity package.
Pascal Rossignol
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Reuters
June 5, 2011
Protesters demonstrate in front of the Greek Parliament against a new austerity package.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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June 5, 2011
Protesters take part in a rally against austerity measures and corruption in front of the Parliament in Athens. Tens of thousands Greeks rallied on Sunday to denounce politicians, bankers and tax dodgers, as the government prepared to inflict another bout of austerity demanded by its international lenders.
Yiorgos Karahalis
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Reuters
June 5, 2011
A protester shouts as he demonstrates with thousands against a new austerity package.
Angelos Tzortzinis
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June 5, 2011
Tens of thousands of Greeks gather in front of the Greek Parliament for a peaceful demonstration.
Louisa Gouliamaki
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AFP/Getty Images
June 4, 2011
Protesters hang a poster of Greek Prime Minister Georges Papandreou in front of the parliament during a rally against a new austerity package at Constitution (Syntagma) square in Athens June 4.
Pascal Rossignol
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Reuters
June 4, 2011
Unionists of Greece's state power company hold a banner that reads " We Resist" during a protest in Athens.
Kostas Tsironis
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AP
June 4, 2011
Protesters hang a placard in front of the Parliament during a rally against the new austerity package.
Pascal Rossignol
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Reuters
June 3, 2011
Hundreds of motorcyclists drive past on their way to an anti-austerity protest outside Parliament in Athens.
Dimitri Messinis
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AP
June 3, 2011
Protesters from a communist-backed union wave flags during an anti-austerity protest in central Athens that several thousands people took part in on Friday. Greece is poised to receive the next installment of its bailout and will likely get further rescue loans to prevent it from defaulting on its massive debts, European officials said.
Petros Giannakouris
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AP
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