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June 15, 2011
Greek anti-austerity protesters clash with police
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- 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. Tear gas blanketed the capital's main Syntagma Square, where more than 25,000 people had gathered to protest a new package of tax hikes and spending cuts through 2015. A few hundred youths smashed the windows of a luxury hotel on the square, ripped up paving stones to throw at police and hurled firebombs at cordons of riot police. Demonstrators said at least 10 people were injured, and they appealed to fellow protesters to stay calm and allow ambulances through. The protests are the epicenter of a crisis that could end in a disastrous default that would threaten the future of the eurozone and shake financial markets just as the global economy struggles to recover. (35 images)

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Left and right wing demonstrators beat each other at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against the new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis


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Protesters gather at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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Protesters holding Greek flags face the police in front of the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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Protesters gesture and wave Greek flags front of the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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A protester holding a Greek flag shouts in front of a police cordon outside the Greek Parliament in central Athens, prior to a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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Demonstrators gesture outside the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Kostas Tsironis



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Police block access to the Greek Parliament as protesters wave Greek and Spanish flags during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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A demonstrator shouts slogans outside the Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Kostas Tsironis



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Demonstrators shout and confront riot police near the Greek Parliament in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / PETROS GIANNAKOURIS



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A demonstrator confronts riot police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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Demonstrators confront riot police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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Riot police officers are confronted by demonstrators at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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Riot police officers are confronted by demonstrators at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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A Greek protester runs with a baton to hit a riot police officer during clashes in Athens' main Syntagma square, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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A demonstrator confronts riot police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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Demonstrators throws a petrol bomb at riot police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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Demonstrator kicks away tear gas canister outside the Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Kostas Tsironis



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A Greek riot police officer kicks a protester who was trying to calm other protesters down during clashes in Athens' main Syntagma square, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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Police arrest a demonstrator trying to block the road to the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP /



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Protesters attack riot police during clashes in Athens' main Syntagma square, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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Protesters clash with police outside the Greek Parliament in central Athens, while one of them, operates a fire extinguisher during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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A protester throws stones towards the police outside of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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Rioters and police scuffle as an officer tries to arrest a man during clashes in Athens' main Syntagma square, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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A protester throws a stone at riot police during clashes in Athens' main Syntagma square, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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A demonstrator throws stones at riot police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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A demonstrator throws a sewer cover at riot police at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Thanassis Stavrakis



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Demonstrators throw stones from behind an ambulance during clashes at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against the new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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Demonstrators run away from tear gas at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against the new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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Left and right wing demonstrators fight at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against the new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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Demonstrator kicks away a tear gas canister outside the Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Kostas Tsironis



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A riot police officer sprays a demonstrator at Syntagma square in front of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Dimitri Messinis



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Police arrest a demonstrator who tried to block the road to the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP /



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Riot police arrest a demonstrator outside the Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Kostas Tsironis



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Police arrest a demonstrator trying to block the road to the Parliament during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, in central Athens, Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP /



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A masked protester walks in tear gas next to a statue outside of the Greek Parliament in central Athens, during a rally against plans for new austerity measures, on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. AP / Lefteris Pitarakis



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