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| Molotov cocktails & tear gas: Protesters & police clash in Athens before austerity vote (WATCH LIVE) | Molotov cocktails & tear gas: Protesters & police clash in Athens before austerity vote (WATCH LIVE) |
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| Protesters clashed with riot police in Athens amid anti-austerity protests, as demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and other projectiles at the police, who fired teargas and pepper spray. | Protesters clashed with riot police in Athens amid anti-austerity protests, as demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and other projectiles at the police, who fired teargas and pepper spray. |
| People took to the streets of Greece’s capital for the second consecutive day to protest new pension and tax-break cuts, which are expected to be voted on at around midnight Thursday. | People took to the streets of Greece’s capital for the second consecutive day to protest new pension and tax-break cuts, which are expected to be voted on at around midnight Thursday. |
| The protest was staged by the country’s major trade unions. | |
| An estimated 10,000 to 15,000 people gathered in front of the parliament building in Athens' Syntagma Square, AP reports. The situation escalated as a small group of masked demonstrators started to throw petrol bombs and other projectiles at the police. Police responded with tear gas and pepper spray. | |
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