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       Greek Protesters Hurl Firebombs at Police Ahead of Key Reform Vote

   by VOA News

   Greek protesters on Sunday hurled firebombs at police guarding the
   parliament building in Athens and police responded with tear gas, ahead
   of a vote later in the day on pension and tax reforms demanded by the
   country's European creditors.

   Television footage showed the police response aimed at a small group of
   anarchists who had infiltrated a larger gathering of several thousand
   peaceful protesters opposed to the latest reform legislation.

   If approved, the vote will dramatically increase social security and
   pension contributions from workers who claim the latest reforms will
   decimate their incomes.

   Last year, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras accepted lender terms for a
   third European bailout package worth $98 million.  The deal was aimed
   at preventing the total collapse of the Greek economy and the country's
   exit from the eurozone.

   But terms of that bailout - the third such infusion of European cash in
   the past four years - have been met with stiff opposition from labor
   groups and prompted a massive two-day labor strike that began on Friday
   in Athens.
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