Protesters throwing stones at riot police in Athens on Tuesday.(Petros Giannakouris/The Associated Press)
Clashes, Looting Rock Greek Cities For 4th Night
-- Yahoo News/AP
-- Yahoo News/AP
ATHEN, Greece – Masked youths and looters marauded through Greek cities for a fourth night Tuesday, in an explosion of rage triggered by the police shooting of a teenager that has unleashed the most violent riots in a quarter century.
The nightly scenes of burning street barricades, looted stores and overturned cars have threatened to topple the country's increasingly unpopular conservative government, which faces mounting calls for Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis to resign.
Police fired tear gas at protesters Tuesday following the funeral of 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos, who was laid to rest in an Athens burial attended by about 6,000 people.
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Greek Riots Rage For Fourth Day -- NPR
As riots continue, Greece faces mounting political crisis -- International Herald Tribune
Greek Riots Show No Signs of Abating -- Time Magazine
Funeral Leads to More Greece Mayhem -- New York Times
Violence Breaks Out During Greek Teen's Funeral -- Washington Post
Mourners and police clash at Greek schoolboy funeral -- The Guardian
Clashes at teen's funeral and Greek parliament as crisis deepens -- Times Online
Greek boy's funeral marred by violence -- The Telegraph
Violence mars funeral of Athens schoolboy -- AFP
Athens haunted by spirit of student rebellion -- Financial Times