Greece hit by strikes over austerity plan
Protesters clash with police as more than 20,000 march in capital Athens
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Protesters clash with riot police during a demonstration against the Greek government's austerity plan in Athens on Thursday, March 11. Street clashes have erupted between rioting youths and police in central Athens as more than 30,000 people demonstrated during a nationwide strike against the government's austerity measures. (Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation -
Demonstrators run away from tear gas in Athens, on March 11, during the 24-hour general strike to protest the government's austerity plan to solve country's debt crisis. Violence erupted on the sidelines of a Greek protest against government austerity measures Thursday, with riot police firing tear gas at hooded youths hurling firebombs and vandalising stores. (Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation -
A riot police officer splattered with red paint, seen outside a National Bank of Greece branch during street fights at a demonstration in Athens, on March 11. (Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation -
Demonstrators took to the streets in Thessaloniki, on March 11. Unions called out more than one million people on strike in the latest challenge to draconian spending cuts by the Socialist government aiming to reduce the public deficit of 12.7 percent of output and a debt mountain of nearly 300 billion euros ($410 billion dollars). (Sakis Mitrolidis / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A rioter is arrested by riot police during a demonstration against the Greek government in Athens, on March 11. Protesters marched through the capital, banging drums and chanting slogans such as "no sacrifice for plutocracy," and "real jobs, higher pay." People draped banners from apartment buildings reading: "No more sacrifices, war against war." (Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A protestor hurls stones at riot police in Athens, on March 11, during a demonstration marking the general strike, the second such protest against debt-driven austerity. (Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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A woman passes a clothing store with broken windows after clashes in central Athens, on March 11. The demonstrators included a group of about 100 black-clad youths in crash helmets and ski masks, some of whom smashed windows of a department store and bank, and sprayed riot police with brown paint. (Thanassis Stavrakis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A rioter sets fire to the entrance of a hotel during a demonstration against the Greek government in Athens, on March 11. (Nikolas Giakoumidis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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A riot police officer tries to avoid a petrol bomb, during clashes in central Athens, on March 11. (Thanassis Stavrakis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Riot police clash with demonstrators in Athens, on March 11. The Greek economy, which is mired in a recession, ran into more trouble on Tuesday when the national statistics agency reported the annual inflation rate jumped to 2.8 percent in February. (Aris Messinis / AFP - Getty Images) Back to slideshow navigation
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Police take part in rally in central Athens, on March 11. About 200 uniformed police, coast guard and fire brigade officers, who cannot go on strike, but can hold protests, gathered at a square in the center of the city shortly before the marches got under way. (Thanassis Stavrakis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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Passengers sleep during a strike at the Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos in Spata, on March 11. Greek public transport was halted, flights grounded and state hospitals left with emergency staff only as workers held yet another general strike to protest painful spending cuts. (Thanassis Stavrakis / AP) Back to slideshow navigation
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