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    November 17, 2011

Greece Braces for Annual Protest March

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   Students carry a blood-stained Greek flag during a rally in Athens
   marking the anniversary of a 1973 students uprising against the
   dictatorship then ruling Greece November 17, 2011
   Photo: REUTERS
   Students carry a blood-stained Greek flag during a rally in Athens
   marking the anniversary of a 1973 students uprising against the
   dictatorship then ruling Greece November 17, 2011

   Greece has deployed thousands of police officers in Athens to prevent
   violence during an annual protest march Thursday.
   The march to the U.S. embassy is expected to include demonstrators
   upset about the new interim government's austerity measures.
   These demonstrations come a day after the government overwhelmingly won
   a vote of confidence in a parliamentary vote.
   That vote supports efforts by new Prime Minister Lucas Papademos to
   impose unpopular spending cuts and tax increases.

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