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Parliament early Monday approved Greece's 2009 budget, which aims to keep the fiscal deficit within the limits prescribed by the European Union, even as the economy is slowing down. Deputies voted 151-147 for the budget, with former deputy minister Petros...
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Riot police clashed with rock-throwing demonstrators in central Athens today, sending Christmas shoppers and people in cafes running for cover. Frightened parents scooped up their children from a Christmas carousel in the city's main square and fled....
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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,...
Tags: police, riots, teenager, Athens, anarchist, Greece, tear gas, Greek Parliament, Alexandros Grigoropoulos