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Clashes across Greece

Thousands demonstrate against new spending cuts the government says are needed to save the country from bankruptcy.

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Protesters try to escape from riot police during a march in central Athens,Thursday, May 6, 2010. Greek police fired tear gas to repel stone-throwing protesters after lawmakers approved drastic austerity cuts Thursday needed to secure international rescue loans worth ($140 billion) 110 billion euro. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
— Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
Image: Riot police are pelted with food in front of the Greek parliament in Athens in continued protests over announcement of austerity measures

Riot police are pelted with food in front of the Greek parliament in Athens in continued protests over announcement of draconian austerity measures, May 6, 2010. Normal services returned to Greece today following a nationwide strike by civil servants and street violence which claimed three lives on Wednesday. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)
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A youth writes \"I will burn you\" below an arrow pointing at the greek Parliament during a protest there on May 6, 2010. More than 10,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Greek capital as lawmakers voted on a drastic austerity package, a day after protests against cutbacks degenerated into deadly riots, police said .AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
— Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
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— Dimitri Messinis / AP
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A woman light a candle in front of the burnt Marfin bank in memory of the three killed employees on May 6, 2010. More than 10,000 people demonstrated peacefully in Greek capital as lawmakers voted on a drastic austerity package, a day after protests against cutbacks degenerated into deadly riots, police said .AFP PHOTO / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
— Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
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Greek riot policemen clash with protestors in the center of Athens on May 5, 2010. A nationwide general strike gripped Greece in the first major test of the socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert fiscal meltdown. Three people were killed in a firebomb attack on a bank in Athens and around 20 people were being evacuated from the building, police said. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
— Aris Messinis / AFP
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Protesters take part during an anti-government rally in Athens on Wednesday May 5, 2010. Deadly riots over harsh new austerity measures engulfed the streets of Athens on Wednesday, killing three bank workers as angry protesters tried to storm parliament, hurled Molotov cocktails at police and torched buildings. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest new taxes and government spending cuts demanded by the International Monetary Fund and other European nations before heavily indebted Greece gets a euro110 billion (US$141 billion) bailout package of loans to keep it from defaulting.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
— Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
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TOPSHOTS A protestor throws a stone to police near the Parliament building in the center of Athens on May 5, 2010. A nationwide general strike gripped Greece in the first major test of the socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert fiscal meltdown.Three people were killed in a firebomb attack on a bank in central Athens and around 20 people were being evacuated from the building, police said. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
— Aris Messinis / AFP
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Firemen evacuate people from a burning Marfin Bank building in the center of Athens on May 5, 2010. Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces, including those not on active duty, to restore order on May 5 amid rioting during protests against a government austerity drive. Police were put on a \"general state of alert\" to deal with the clashes after three people died in a bank that was firebombed on the margins of the demonstrations. AFP PHOTO/ TOMASZ GRZYB (Photo credit should read Tomasz Grzyb/AFP/Getty Images)
— Tomasz Grzyb / AFP
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Fire fighters and police remove one of the three burned bodies who died inside the Marfin Egnatia Bank in central Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Greek fire officials say three people have died in a blaze that broke out at an Athens bank during rioting over government austerity measures. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)
— Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP
Image: Greek riot policemen rest in front of graffiti during violent demonstrations over austerity measures in Athens

Greek riot policemen rest in front of graffiti written on the wall of a bank during violent demonstrations over austerity measures in Athens, May 5, 2010. Greece faced a day of violent protests and a nationwide strike by civil servants outraged by the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)
— Yiorgos Karahalis / X90075
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— Giorgos Nissiotis / AP
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ATHENS, GREECE - MAY 5: Protesters flee from tear gas deployed by Greek riot police as they clash on May 5, 2010 in Athens, Greece. Three people have died after protesters set fire to the Marfin Egnatia Bank in Athens, with further unrest being fuelled by anger at government austerity measures to freeze wages, cut pensions and to increase taxation. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
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Protesters scuffle with riot police at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Greek fire officials say three people have died in a blaze that broke out at an Athens bank during rioting over government austerity measures. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankrupty.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
— Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
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A protestor throws a stone to police near the Parliament building in the center of Athens on May 5, 2010. A nationwide general strike gripped Greece in the first major test of the socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented austerity cuts needed to avert fiscal meltdown.Three people were killed in a firebomb attack on a bank in central Athens and around 20 people were being evacuated from the building, police said. AFP PHOTO / ARIS MESSINIS (Photo credit should read ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)
— Aris Messinis / AFP
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ATHENS , GREECE - MAY 5: Marfin Egnatia Bank employees look on at the scene where 3 people died after protesters set fire to the building, on May 5, 2010 in Athens, Greece. Further unrest has been fuelled by anger at government austerity measures to freeze wages, cut pensions and to increase taxation. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
— Milos Bicanski / Getty Images Europe
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A protester throws a tear gas cannister back at riot police in Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Greek fire officials say three people have died in a blaze that broke out at an Athens bank during rioting over government austerity measures. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankrupty. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
— Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
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A riot policeman throws a tear gas canister during clashes with protesters in central Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Protestors tried to storm Greece's parliament and hurled missiles at police, who responded with tear gas Wednesday as many thousands of outraged Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh new spending cuts aimed at saving their country from bankruptcy.(AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
— Petros Giannakouris / AP
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Riot police stands in front on burnt out Marfin Egnatia Bank, where three people died during the massive demonstration in Athens on May 5, 2010. Three people were killed in a firebomb attack on a bank in central Athens on Wednesday and around 20 people were evacuated from the building, police and firefighters said.AFP PHOTO / Louisa Gouliamaki (Photo credit should read LOUISA GOULIAMAKI/AFP/Getty Images)
— Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP
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A riot police officer is engulfed in flames from a fire bomb thrown by protestors in central Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Protestors tried to storm Greece's parliament and hurled paving stones at police, who responded with tear gas Wednesday as tens of thousands of outraged Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh new spending cuts aimed at saving their country from bankruptcy.(AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
— Thanassis Stavrakis / AP
Image: Demonstrators hurl projictiles at riot police during nationwide strike over austerity measures in Athens

Demonstartors hurl projectiles at riot police near the Greek parliament in Athens during a nationwide strike in Greece, May 5, 2010. Greece braced for a day of demonstrations during a nationwide strike by civil servants protesting the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)
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An injured protestor is carried away in front of Greek riot police in the center of Athens on May 5, 2010. Three people were killed in a firebomb attack on a bank in the center of Athens and around 20 people were being evacuated from the building, police said. Several dozen youths hurled petrol bombs against stores and banks in Athens amid protests against a government austerity drive. AFP PHOTO / DIMITAR DILKOFF (Photo credit should read DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images)
— Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP
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A newspaper kiosk burn as a police officer passes by during an anti covernment rally in Athens on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Protestors tried to storm Greece's parliament and hurled paving stones at police, who responded with tear gas Wednesday as tens of thousands of outraged Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh new spending cuts aimed at saving their country from bankruptcy.(AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)
— Dimitri Messinis / AP
Image: A demonstrator and riot police face off in Athens

A demonstrator and riot police face off near the Greek parliament in Athens during a nationwide strike in Greece, May 5, 2010. Greece braced for a day of demonstrations following the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol (GREECE)
— Pascal Rossignol / X00234
Image: Demonstrators run from teargas near the Greek parliament during nationwide strike over austerity measures in Athens

Demonstrators run from teargas near the Greek parliament in Athens, during protests over the recently announced draconian austerity measures in Greece, May 5, 2010. REUTERS/Yiorgos Karahalis (GREECE)
— Yiorgos Karahalis / X90075
Image: Demonstartors and riot police face off during nationwide strike over austerity measures in Athens

Demonstartors and riot police face off in front of the Greek parliament in Athens during a nationwide strike in Greece, May 5, 2010. Greece braced for a day of demonstrations during a nationwide strike by civil servants protesting the announcement of draconian austeristy measures. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE)
— John Kolesidis / X01678
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