Thursday, June 16, 2011

Riots in Greece over austerity cuts

From: AlJazeeraEnglish | Jun 15, 2011

Greek media is reporting that Prime Minister George Papandreou has offered to step down, as politicians struggle to find a way out of the debt crisis.

They are hoping to form a coalition government to agree on a new round of austerity measures.

But outside parliament, tens of thousands of protesters clashed with riot police as anger over the planned cuts spilled over.

Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports from Athens


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