Antiwar Protests in Athens Turn Violent
From Times Wire Reports
About 30,000 people marched in an anti-globalization and antiwar demonstration in Athens that included attacks on banks, shops and police vehicles.
Police said groups of hooded anarchists torched at least four banks, smashed shop windows and threw gasoline bombs at police buses outside the capital’s police headquarters before running off down side streets.
Officers used tear gas to disperse a small group of anarchists near the U.S. Embassy.
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