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Greek PM dismisses calls to resign
Karamanlis was attending a European Union summit in Brussels, and condemned the worst unrest Greece has seen since the end of military dictatorship in 1974. He said that his country should focus its attention on dealing with the global economic downturn, AFP reported. "At this time the country faces...
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- News Source: NewKerala | 11 months agoAngry youths hurled firebombs at four banks in the southern Athens suburb of Paleo Faliro as well as a supermarket, the offices of newly privatised telephone company OTE and the local party offices of the ruling conservatives...The riots, which have...
- News Source: The New Zealand Herald | 11 months agoThe country known to millions of British tourists as a package holiday paradise of sun, sea and souvlaki this week looked more like a war zone as thousands of protesters fought running street battles with riot police...These are the streets built by...
- News Source: Sofia Echo | 11 months agoBulgaria, which earlier advised its citizens against travel to Greece because of the violence of recent days, was keeping a close eye on the situation in its southern neighbour which was Òstill not calmÓ, Foreign Minister Ivailo Kalfin said on...
- News Source: NewKerala | 11 months agoOfficers released 4,600 capsules of tear gas during confrontations in Athens and nearly a dozen other cities since riots erupted over the fatal shooting of a 15-year-old schoolboy by a policeman last Saturday, The Telegraph reported. The Greek...
- News Source: Lexington Herald-Leader | 11 months agoGrigoropoulos' death has sparked daily demonstrations that have turned violent, leaving hundreds of stores smashed and looted. At least 70 people have been injured and more than 200 arrested. Besides their anger at the police, young people talk about...
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