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October 19, 2012 12:00 am • Last Updated: October 18, 2012 11:33 pm

Riot police clash with protesters during a 24-hour nationwide general strike Thursday in Athens. Hundreds of youths pelted riot police with petrol bombs, bottles and chunks of marble as yet another Greek anti-austerity demonstration descended into violence.

Riot police clash with protesters during a 24-hour nationwide general strike Thursday in Athens. Hundreds of youths pelted riot police with petrol bombs, bottles and chunks of marble as yet another Greek anti-austerity demonstration descended into violence.

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