Riot police attempt to assist a colleague covered in flames from a petrol bomb thrown by protesters, during clashes in central Athens, Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Greek youths were hurling rocks and broken paving stones at riot police who responded with volleys of tear gas, on the seventh straight day of unrest over the fatal police shooting of a teenager last Saturday night (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)From Forbes Magazine:
Economic fears amid the haze of tear gas.
ATHENS, Greece -- There has been a distinct smell wafting through the narrow streets that fan out from Syntagma Square in front of Parliament in central Athens these days. It is the unmistakable peppery tang of tear gas, which has been fired with alarming regularity in a week when the Greek capital has witnessed extraordinary scenes of violence.
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