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Ten fires were burning in central Athens including buildings housing a Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) cafe, a bank and a movie theater, a fire department spokesman said, speaking on the condition of anonymity in line with official policy. The blazes were near a bank that was set on fire in May 2010, killing three bank employees, during a general strike against Greece's first bailout package. ... Demonstrators, rallying against austerity measures including job cuts, tore up marble in front of parliament that they hurled with fire-bombs at police guarding the chamber. Officers in riot gear responded with tear-gas and flash grenades. More than 50 officers were injured in the violence, police spokesman Takis Papapetropoulos said by telephone. The Greek Health Ministry said in an e-mailed statement that 54 people had been taken to hospital. Police said 25 rioters had been detained. ... "The message to the Greek government is they should leave the country, right now," one protester, Dimitris Fokos, 49, unemployed, said. "They don't represent the people anymore."
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Demonstrators, rallying against austerity measures including job cuts, tore up marble in front of parliament that they hurled with fire-bombs at police guarding the chamber. Officers in riot gear responded with tear-gas and flash grenades. More than 50 officers were injured in the violence, police spokesman Takis Papapetropoulos said by telephone. The Greek Health Ministry said in an e-mailed statement that 54 people had been taken to hospital. Police said 25 rioters had been detained.
"The message to the Greek government is they should leave the country, right now," one protester, Dimitris Fokos, 49, unemployed, said. "They don't represent the people anymore."
"Riot" means the protesters are fighting back.
- Jake Austerity can only be implemented in the shadow of a concentration camp.
After Papoulias went ballistic the other day, suddenly everyone calmed down.
He essentially said, "Burn it, burn it all to the ground."
People don't have the voice he does, but the net impact is the same.
Fire tends to clarify.
I wonder why we saw no one firing back at Papoulias? Could it be because the stock market tanked? And the stock markets did not understand the relevance of 100 burning buildings? Because it wasn't on TV?
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