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December 9, 2008

Unrest Continues in Greece Following Police Killing
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In Greece, a fifteen-year-old boy killed by the police will be buried
today. The death of Alexandros Grigoropoulos has sparked four days of
unrest in Athens and other Greek cities as thousands of youths took to
the streets. Hundreds of buildings have been torched. On Monday,
students took over the Athens Law School, a fire was set at the Foreign
Ministry, and a strip of five-star hotels were ransacked. Students have
set up barricades at Polytechnic University. Police have arrested or
detained 250 people. A spokesperson for the Uniting Anti-Capitalist Left
said, "We are experiencing moments of a great social revolution.” A
twenty-four-hour general strike has been called for Wednesday.



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