Voice of America: Greek Anti-austerity Protests Turn Violent Oct 18th 2012, 15:41 Voice of America | Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries | | Greek Anti-austerity Protests Turn Violent Oct 18th 2012, 14:37 Anti-austerity protests turned violent in Athens on Thursday, with hundreds of youths hurling gasoline bombs and rocks at riot police. Tens of thousands of Greek workers struck and marched to protest demands by the country's international lenders that Athens impose more austerity measures before they will agree to hand Greece another segment of a bailout to keep the government afloat. Most of the protest was peaceful, but police fired tear gas and stun grenades at the youths after their ... | | | | |
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