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8_9ecbplus.xml_18 | train | ent | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 14 | 14 | 81 | 88 | workers | HUM16961145770375821 | worker | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank <m> workers </m> killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank <m> workers </m> killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_19 | train | ent | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 19 | 19 | 114 | 118 | they | HUM16961145770375821 | they | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building <m> they </m> were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building <m> they </m> were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_8 | train | ent | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 2 | 3 | 10 | 24 | prime minister | 40 | minister | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek <m> prime minister </m> has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek <m> prime minister </m> has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_26 | train | ent | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 18 | 18 | 105 | 113 | building | LOC16961242887507051 | building | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the <m> building </m> they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the <m> building </m> they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_27 | train | ent | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 26 | 27 | 155 | 164 | in Athens | LOC16961342322943414 | Athens | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests <m> in Athens </m> against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests <m> in Athens </m> against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_9 | train | evt | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 5 | 5 | 29 | 38 | denounced | 10000001932 | denounce | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has <m> denounced </m> what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has <m> denounced </m> what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_10 | train | evt | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 10 | 10 | 58 | 66 | "murder" | ACT16958316047989933 | "murder" | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the <m> "murder" </m> of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the <m> "murder" </m> of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_11 | train | evt | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 15 | 15 | 89 | 95 | killed | ACT16958316047989933 | kill | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers <m> killed </m> when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers <m> killed </m> when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_12 | train | evt | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 23 | 23 | 131 | 138 | torched | ACT16959236331351291 | torch | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was <m> torched </m> during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was <m> torched </m> during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
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Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during <m> protests </m> in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
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Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he <m> called </m> the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_9ecbplus.xml_44 | train | evt | 8_9ecbplus.xml | 3 | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity measures . | 32 | 32 | 193 | 201 | measures | ACT16958339267286975 | measure | ['greek', 'prime', 'minister', 'denounce', 'he', 'call', '"murder"', 'bank', 'worker', 'kill', 'building', 'torch', 'protest', 'athens', 'harsh', 'new', 'austerity', 'measure'] | The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity <m> measures </m> . | http : / / www . foxnews . com / world / 2010 / 05 / 05 / brigade - says - person - dead - bank - riots - demonstration /
Greek Prime Minister Calls Bank Workers' Riot Deaths 'Murder'
Published May 05 , 2010
The Greek prime minister has denounced what he called the "murder" of three bank workers killed when the building they were in was torched during protests in Athens against harsh new austerity <m> measures </m> .
Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed Wednesday that those responsible for the deaths would be found and brought to justice .
He told Parliament that "a demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another . "
The two women and a man were killed during demonstrations by tens of thousands who marched through Athens .
The national strike was held to protest the austerity measures announced last weekend so that Greece can get a $144 billion bailout from the International Monetary fund and other European nations .
Three people died when an Athens bank went up in flames Wednesday as tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest harsh spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankruptcy .
The fire brigade said the bodies were found in the wreckage of a Marfin Bank branch , on the route of the march in the city center .
Demonstrators chanting "thieves , thieves" attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding Parliament and chased the ceremonial guards away from the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front of the building .
An estimated 100 , 000 people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest austerity measures imposed as a condition of bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone governments .
The bailout is needed to keep heavily indebted Greece from defaulting on its debts .
The loans are aimed at preventing Athens' debt troubles from becoming a wider crisis for the Euro by engulfing other financially troubled countries such as Spain and Portugal .
But the rioting underlined skepticism that the Greek government could keep up its end of the bargain , helping drive the Euro below $1 . 29 for the first time in over a year .
Union reaction until now had been relatively muted by Greece's volatile standards , although the country has been hit by a series of strikes .
But anger has mounted after the announcement of new austerity measures , which were essential to unlock the loans .
Papandreou on Sunday announced cuts in salaries and pensions for civil servants , and another round of consumer tax increases , as a condition of the bailout .
In Germany , Chancellor Angela Merkel urged parliament to quickly pass the country's share of the bailout - - 22 billion Euros over three years .
The goal is passage by Friday ; Greece faces a May 19 due date on debt it says it can't repay without the bailout .
"Nothing less than the future of Europe , and with that the future of Germany in Europe , is at stake , " Merkel told lawmakers .
"We are at a fork in the road . "
Extensive clashes took place a broad swathe of central Athens , with hundreds of people battering store fronts and smashing paving stones to throw at the police , who responded with stun grenades and volleys of tear gas that left clouds of smoke hovering over the streets .
Violence also broke out in the northern city of Thessaloniki , where another 20 , 000 people marched through the city center , with youths smashing windows of stores and fast food restaurants .
The outpouring of anger appeared much more spontaneous than the frequent set piece battles between police and anarchist youths who often spark violence during Greek demonstrations .
The marches came amid a 24 - hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights to and from Greece , shut down ports , schools and government services and left hospitals working with emergency medical staff .
The Acropolis and all other ancient sites were closed , while journalists also walked off the job , suspending television and radio news broadcasts .
Some media - - including state television and the Ta Nea newspaper Web site - - broke the strike to report on the deaths .
Greek unions concede that the cash - strapped government was forced to increase consumer taxes and slash spending , including cutting salaries and pensions for civil servants .
But they say low - income Greeks will suffer disproportionately from the measures , which aim to save $40 billion - - the country's current budget deficit - - through 2012 .
"These people are losing their rights , they are losing their future , " said Yiannis Panagopoulos , head of GSEE , one of the two largest union organizations .
"The country cannot surrender without a fight . "
IMF head Dominique Strauss - Kahn warned that the crisis could spread to other countries despite the rescue package's efforts to contain it .
"Everyone must remain extremely vigilant , " to this risk , Strauss - Kahn said in an interview published in French newspaper Le Parisien Wednesday .
"I completely understand the Greek populations' anger , its incomprehension at the size of the economic catastrophe , " Strauss - Kahn said .
But Greeks must also understand that without these measures , "the situation would be infinitely more serious , " he said .
Those who are feeling the crunch are outraged that they have to pay for what they see as politicians' mismanagement of their country's economy .
"We'll be on the streets every day , every day !
You never win unless you fight , " said 76 - year - old Constantinos Doganis , who gets euro345 a month from his farming pension fund .
"It's our fault too , all the mistakes made by politicians over 30 years , all the people who cheat on their taxes , " he said .
"But they are behaving like buzzards - - the Germans borrow money at 3 percent and then lend it to us for 5 .
Why ? "
Despite the strike , the draft bill of the new austerity measures is to be voted on Thursday .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialists hold a comfortable majority of 160 in the 300 - seat Parliament , and with a simple majority of 151 votes needed , the bill is expected to be passed easily . |
8_8ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 10 | 13 | 60 | 83 | the Oregon State Police | HUM17206788861448936 | Oregon | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with <m> the Oregon State Police </m> , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with <m> the Oregon State Police </m> , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_8ecb.xml_17 | train | ent | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 21 | 23 | 115 | 141 | Woodburn Police Department | 10000001934 | Department | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the <m> Woodburn Police Department </m> were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the <m> Woodburn Police Department </m> were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_8ecb.xml_10 | train | ent | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 2 | 3 | 15 | 28 | William Hakim | HUM17206650157888542 | William | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper <m> William Hakim </m> , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper <m> William Hakim </m> , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_8ecb.xml_11 | train | ent | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 17 | 18 | 96 | 107 | Tom Tennant | HUM17206639469762991 | Tennant | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. <m> Tom Tennant </m> of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. <m> Tom Tennant </m> of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_8ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 31 | 35 | 178 | 202 | a West Coast Bank branch | LOC17206603958467338 | branch | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at <m> a West Coast Bank branch </m> . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at <m> a West Coast Bank branch </m> . |
8_8ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 28 | 28 | 161 | 165 | bomb | NON17206663029716676 | bomb | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a <m> bomb </m> exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a <m> bomb </m> exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_8ecb.xml_12 | train | evt | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 25 | 25 | 147 | 153 | killed | ACT17206723524309312 | kill | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were <m> killed </m> when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were <m> killed </m> when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_8ecb.xml_13 | train | evt | 8_8ecb.xml | 0 | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb exploded at a West Coast Bank branch . | 29 | 29 | 166 | 174 | exploded | ACT17206714799734156 | explode | ['senior', 'trooper', 'william', 'hakim', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'oregon', 'state', 'police', 'capt.', 'tom', 'tennant', 'woodburn', 'police', 'department', 'kill', 'bomb', 'explode', 'west', 'coast', 'bank', 'branch'] | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb <m> exploded </m> at a West Coast Bank branch . | Senior Trooper William Hakim , a bomb squad technician with the Oregon State Police , and Capt. Tom Tennant of the Woodburn Police Department were killed when a bomb <m> exploded </m> at a West Coast Bank branch . |
8_4ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 14 | 14 | 75 | 82 | officer | HUM17206628551764400 | officer | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police <m> officer </m> and a bomb technician . | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police <m> officer </m> and a bomb technician .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_4ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 18 | 18 | 94 | 104 | technician | HUM17206650157888542 | technician | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb <m> technician </m> . | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb <m> technician </m> .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_4ecb.xml_12 | train | ent | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 4 | 8 | 19 | 45 | an Oregon bank in Woodburn | LOC17206603958467338 | Woodburn | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A bomb exploded at <m> an Oregon bank in Woodburn </m> late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | A bomb exploded at <m> an Oregon bank in Woodburn </m> late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_4ecb.xml_9 | train | ent | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | bomb | NON17206663029716676 | bomb | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A <m> bomb </m> exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | A <m> bomb </m> exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_4ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 9 | 10 | 46 | 57 | late Friday | TIM17206733157103525 | Friday | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn <m> late Friday </m> killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn <m> late Friday </m> killing a police officer and a bomb technician .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_4ecb.xml_10 | train | evt | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 2 | 2 | 7 | 15 | exploded | ACT17206714799734156 | explode | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A bomb <m> exploded </m> at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | A bomb <m> exploded </m> at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_4ecb.xml_11 | train | evt | 8_4ecb.xml | 0 | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday killing a police officer and a bomb technician . | 11 | 11 | 58 | 65 | killing | ACT17206723524309312 | kill | ['bomb', 'explode', 'oregon', 'bank', 'woodburn', 'late', 'friday', 'kill', 'police', 'officer', 'bomb', 'technician'] | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday <m> killing </m> a police officer and a bomb technician . | A bomb exploded at an Oregon bank in Woodburn late Friday <m> killing </m> a police officer and a bomb technician .
According to Woodburn police an officer arrived at the West Coast Bank after receiving a call that a suspicious device had been spotted in bushes near the bank .
The bank was evacuated and the device was moved inside at which time the bomb exploded .
Earlier in the day a Wells Fargo Bank had been contacted by an individual and told that a bomb had been planted .
After a sweep of the area was made authorities determined no bomb had been present .
Shortly after , the West Coast Bank received a call with a similar warning . |
8_5ecbplus.xml_41 | train | ent | 8_5ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy . | 5 | 5 | 29 | 36 | rioters | HUM16961208167162861 | rioter | ['people', 'die', 'rioter', 'greece', 'set', 'fire', 'bank', 'athens', 'nationwide', 'strike', 'huge', 'spending', 'cut', 'aim', 'rescue', "country's", 'economy'] | Three people have died after <m> rioters </m> in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy . | http : / / news . sky . com / story / 778356 / three - killed - in - athens - bank - fire - amid - strike
Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after <m> rioters </m> in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
8_5ecbplus.xml_1 | train | ent | 8_5ecbplus.xml | 1 | Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | Three | HUM16961145770375821 | three | ['kill', 'athens', 'bank', 'fire', 'amid', 'strike'] | <m> Three </m> Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike | http : / / news . sky . com / story / 778356 / three - killed - in - athens - bank - fire - amid - strike
<m> Three </m> Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed <m> In Athens Bank </m> Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to <m> a bank in Athens </m> during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters <m> in Greece </m> set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's <m> economy </m> .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
<m> Three people </m> have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three <m> Killed </m> In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have <m> died </m> after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece <m> set fire </m> to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide <m> strike </m> against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending <m> cuts </m> aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at <m> rescuing </m> the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank <m> Fire </m> Amid Strike
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
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Three Killed In Athens Bank Fire Amid <m> Strike </m>
7 : 00pm UK , Wednesday 05 May 2010
Three people have died after rioters in Greece set fire to a bank in Athens during a nationwide strike against huge spending cuts aimed at rescuing the country's economy .
Greek police clashed with protesters in the capital as tens of thousands of people joined a 24 - hour walkout .
The three bank workers - two women and a man - were killed when their branch went up in flames after a protester threw a petrol bomb inside .
Firefighters rescued another five people from the balcony .
Greek prime minister George Papandreou condemned the killings , saying : "A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another" .
He added : "We will , of course , stand alongside the families who lost loved ones .
This is the least we can do .
"To those who now mourn the loss of three children we say that the perpetrators will be identified and held accountable for what they've done . "
The general strike was staged as a protest against a new round of draconian austerity measures .
Police said as many as 20 , 000 people took to the streets of Athens as rallies all around the country kicked off .
Also in the capital , a large group of people attempted to break through a riot police cordon guarding the parliament building .
The protesters launched rocks and petrol bombs at the officers , who responded with stun grenades and tear gas - filling Syntagma Square with chemical smoke .
Violence was also reported in Thessaloniki , where a further 20 , 000 people joined the city's demonstrations .
Greece has been paralysed by the strike and was effectively cut - off from the outside world .
Flights to and from the country were grounded , while trains and ferries suspended their routes .
Hospitals and schools were also hit .
The Greek government is attempting to slice 30bn euros ( �25 . 7bn ) from its deficit over the next three years .
The country has to save money as a condition of a 110bn - euro emergency rescue package from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund .
Ordinary workers are furious .
Trade unions say their members are having to pay for an economic crisis that has been created by corrupt politicians
The vice president of the civil servants' union , Elias Vrettakos , told Sky News : "The measures of the government overtake our historic gains and abolish our rights and return society back to the 1960s . "
Other union leaders have called the cuts "savage attacks on workers' rights" .
Markets around the world remained sceptical about the bail - out , as concerns grew about the economic crisis in the eurozone and fears it will spead . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_24 | train | ent | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 14 | 14 | 63 | 69 | people | HUM16961145770375821 | people | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three <m> people </m> Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three <m> people </m> Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_26 | train | ent | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 23 | 23 | 127 | 137 | protestors | HUM16961208167162861 | protestor | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking <m> protestors </m> furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking <m> protestors </m> furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_23 | train | ent | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 6 | 9 | 24 | 40 | a bank in Greece | LOC16961242887507051 | Greece | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on <m> a bank in Greece </m> killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on <m> a bank in Greece </m> killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
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Deadly fire - bomb hits <m> bank </m> during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
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Deadly fire - <m> bomb </m> hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_25 | train | ent | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 15 | 15 | 70 | 79 | Wednesday | TIM16961796554102697 | Wednesday | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people <m> Wednesday </m> as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people <m> Wednesday </m> as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_52 | train | ent | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 1 | 3 | 2 | 13 | fire - bomb | NON16961162082830193 | fire | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A <m> fire - bomb </m> attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A <m> fire - bomb </m> attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_53 | train | ent | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 17 | 17 | 83 | 89 | police | HUM16961189585989664 | police | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as <m> police </m> fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as <m> police </m> fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_9 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 20 | 20 | 105 | 112 | battles | ACT16958629132224286 | battle | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched <m> battles </m> with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched <m> battles </m> with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_10 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 28 | 28 | 163 | 167 | cuts | ACT16958288343324235 | cut | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget <m> cuts </m> designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget <m> cuts </m> designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_11 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 29 | 29 | 168 | 176 | designed | ACT16960252446447680 | design | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts <m> designed </m> to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts <m> designed </m> to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_12 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 33 | 33 | 195 | 205 | bankruptcy | ACT16958642579748093 | bankruptcy | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national <m> bankruptcy </m> . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national <m> bankruptcy </m> .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_28 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 31 | 31 | 180 | 185 | avert | ACT28267484516295476 | avert | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to <m> avert </m> national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to <m> avert </m> national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
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Deadly fire - bomb <m> hits </m> bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
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Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek <m> riots </m>
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_6 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 4 | 4 | 14 | 20 | attack | ACT16958170637145285 | attack | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb <m> attack </m> on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb <m> attack </m> on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_7 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 10 | 10 | 41 | 47 | killed | ACT16958316047989933 | kill | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece <m> killed </m> at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece <m> killed </m> at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_8 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 18 | 18 | 90 | 96 | fought | ACT16959854586023994 | fight | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police <m> fought </m> pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police <m> fought </m> pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_27 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 24 | 24 | 138 | 145 | furious | ACT16958809200543830 | furious | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors <m> furious </m> at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors <m> furious </m> at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_2ecbplus.xml_51 | train | evt | 8_2ecbplus.xml | 3 | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with striking protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | 22 | 22 | 118 | 126 | striking | ACT16958749628499271 | strike | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'greece', 'kill', 'people', 'wednesday', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protestor', 'furious', 'brutal', 'budget', 'cut', 'design', 'avert', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with <m> striking </m> protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy . | http : / / newsinfo . inquirer . net / breakingnews / world / view / 20100505 - 268325 / Deadly - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - Greek - riots
Deadly fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
First Posted 23 : 37 : 00 05 / 05 / 2010
A fire - bomb attack on a bank in Greece killed at least three people Wednesday as police fought pitched battles with <m> striking </m> protestors furious at brutal budget cuts designed to avert national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the center of the capital Athens and demonstrators tried to storm parliament during the general strike , as the rioting spread to the northern city of Thessaloniki .
Police said two women and one man died at a branch of the Marfin bank which caught fire after rioters broke a window and threw Molotov cocktails inside .
Around 20 more people had to be ushered to safety .
"Nobody has the right to violence and particularly violence that leads to murder , " Prime Minister George Papandreou told parliament as he condemned "a raw murderous act" .
At least two other buildings , one used by tax officials , caught fire in other fire - bomb attacks on the margins of the protests .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ? 110 - billion ( $143 - billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout at the weekend .
Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralyzing public services .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , unionists marched on parliament where a vote on the measures will be held Thursday .
"They're taking everything from me , I don't know how I'm going to get by , " said 61 - year - old Anargyros Bizianis , a municipal worker in the Athens suburb of Piraeus who earns ? 900 a month .
As the protestors tried to break through a police line in front of parliament , they first hurled stones and bottles of water , prompting officers to respond with tear gas .
Full - scale clashes then erupted , with riot police trying to disperse the crowds with baton - charges .
During the unrest , one protestor threw a petrol bomb .
Youths also went on the rampage in other parts of the capital , with several dozen youths hurling petrol bombs at stores , smashing shop windows and bus shelters with iron bars .
Athens police chiefs mobilized all their forces , including those not on active duty , by declaring a general state of alert .
The protestors in Thessaloniki targeted stores and banks in the city center before they were dispersed by the anti - riot police .
A group of about 200 communists had stormed the Athens Acropolis on Tuesday , unfurling banners reading "Peoples of Europe , Rise Up . "
"The Greek people have been called to make sacrifices while the rich pay nothing , " said Giannis Panagopoulos , head of the GSEE private sector union .
A government official downplayed the unrest saying that "for years there's been strikes and protests in this country without much consequence . "
But markets reacted with alarm as Greek stocks closed down 3 . 9 percent .
Pushed to the brink of default , the government agreed at the weekend to slash spending and jack up taxes in return for 110 billion euros in loans over three years from eurozone countries and the International Monetary Fund .
Among the major measures , the government is to cut 13th and 14th month bonus pay for civil servants and retirees ; require three years more for pension contributions ; and raise the retirement age for women to 65 .
After months of hesitation , eurozone countries and the IMF agreed to lend Greece billions at below market rates after concerns the Athens crisis could trigger a knock - on effect elsewhere .
Fighting accusations of holding up the bailout , German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the crisis underlined the need for an overhaul of EU fiscal rules .
"The future of Europe and the future of Germany within Europe is at stake , " she told a debate on Berlin's decision to lend ? 22 . 4 billion to Greece . |
8_3ecb.xml_13 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 3 | 3 | 18 | 25 | officer | HUM17206628551764400 | officer | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police <m> officer </m> and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police <m> officer </m> and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_14 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 9 | 9 | 54 | 64 | technician | HUM17206650157888542 | technician | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad <m> technician </m> were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad <m> technician </m> were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_15 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 17 | 18 | 97 | 109 | police chief | HUM17206639469762991 | police | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's <m> police chief </m> remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's <m> police chief </m> remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_16 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 30 | 32 | 178 | 193 | a Woodburn bank | LOC17206603958467338 | Woodburn | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at <m> a Woodburn bank </m> . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at <m> a Woodburn bank </m> .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_18 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | Woodburn | 10000001938 | Woodburn | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A <m> Woodburn </m> police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A <m> Woodburn </m> police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_19 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 25 | 25 | 149 | 153 | bomb | NON17206663029716676 | bomb | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a <m> bomb </m> exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a <m> bomb </m> exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_25 | train | ent | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 27 | 28 | 163 | 174 | late Friday | TIM17206733157103525 | Friday | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded <m> late Friday </m> at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded <m> late Friday </m> at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_21 | train | evt | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 19 | 19 | 110 | 118 | remained | 10000001939 | remain | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief <m> remained </m> in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief <m> remained </m> in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_24 | train | evt | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 26 | 26 | 154 | 162 | exploded | ACT17206714799734156 | explode | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb <m> exploded </m> late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb <m> exploded </m> late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_20 | train | evt | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 11 | 11 | 70 | 76 | killed | ACT17206723524309312 | kill | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were <m> killed </m> , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were <m> killed </m> , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_3ecb.xml_22 | train | evt | 8_3ecb.xml | 0 | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in critical condition after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | 21 | 22 | 122 | 140 | critical condition | 10000001940 | condition | ['woodburn', 'police', 'officer', 'state', 'police', 'bomb', 'squad', 'technician', 'kill', 'city', 'police', 'chief', 'remain', 'critical', 'condition', 'bomb', 'explode', 'late', 'friday', 'woodburn', 'bank'] | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in <m> critical condition </m> after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank . | A Woodburn police officer and state police bomb squad technician were killed , while the city 's police chief remained in <m> critical condition </m> after a bomb exploded late Friday at a Woodburn bank .
The FBI and ATF offered a $ 35,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the explosion and deaths , Oregon State Police said .
The explosion happened at the West Coast Bank on the Newberg 214 Highway just before 5:30 p.m. , Marion County deputies said .
Officers were on the scene investigating a report of a suspicious device when the explosion occurred .
Woodburn Police Department Capt. Tom Tennant and Oregon State Police bomb technician Bill Hakim were killed in the blast .
Woodburn Chief of Police Scott Russell was listed in critical condition at OHSU and a female bank employee received minor injuries .
On Friday morning , a Woodburn-area Wells Fargo Bank received a threatening phone call from an unknown person .
Bank personnel notified Woodburn Police Department and the bank was evacuated while police investigated with the assistance of the FBI and an Oregon State Police bomb squad .
The investigation led to the West Coast Bank on Highway 214 , just east of Interstate 5 .
While investigators were in the area , a suspicious device detonated .
State police said the first device , discovered by police after the suspicious phone call , was determined not to be dangerous .
The second device , which was discovered by a bank employee , did detonate .
It was unclear to police whether the devices were related .
Highway 214 in Woodburn was to remain closed most of the weekend due to the explosion , police said .
Residents and commuters were encouraged to find other routes of travel in the area .
`` This individual took the life of two police officers , critically injured the chief of police , and potentially could have taken the lives of bank employees inside , '' Oregon State Police Lt. Hastings said .
`` If it takes a $ 35,000 reward , or if that reward grows , to break the case open then it 's money well spent . ''
Hakim became the second bomb technician in Oregon State Police history to be killed in the line of duty .
Marion County sheriffs described Hakim as a dedicated family man with wife and two teenaged children .
Woodburn Police Sgt. Jason Tlusty became emotional describing Capt. Tennant , who also was killed in the blast .
Tlusty described Tennant as an active community member `` who would do anything to help those in need . ''
Twelve hours into the investigation authorities said it remained unclear whether the two devices were related .
A multi-agency investigation involving federal , state , county and city police agencies is investigating , coordinated by the Marion County Sheriff 's Office working with an interagency team of investigators and the Marion County District Attorney 's Office .
Anyone with information is asked to call the tip line at 800-800-3855 . |
8_8ecbplus.xml_13 | train | ent | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 13 | 13 | 63 | 69 | Greeks | HUM16961208167162861 | Greeks | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when <m> Greeks </m> protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when <m> Greeks </m> protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_7 | train | ent | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | people | HUM16961145770375821 | people | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three <m> people </m> , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three <m> people </m> , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_8 | train | ent | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 8 | 8 | 38 | 43 | woman | HUM28268602235369683 | woman | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant <m> woman </m> , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant <m> woman </m> , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_16 | train | ent | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 23 | 26 | 141 | 157 | a bank in Athens | LOC16961242887507051 | Athens | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at <m> a bank in Athens </m> on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at <m> a bank in Athens </m> on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_15 | train | ent | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 21 | 21 | 132 | 137 | bombs | NON16961162082830193 | bomb | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol <m> bombs </m> at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol <m> bombs </m> at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_17 | train | ent | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 27 | 28 | 158 | 170 | on Wednesday | TIM16961796554102697 | Wednesday | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens <m> on Wednesday </m> . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens <m> on Wednesday </m> .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_10 | train | evt | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 11 | 11 | 51 | 57 | killed | ACT16958316047989933 | kill | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were <m> killed </m> when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were <m> killed </m> when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_11 | train | evt | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 14 | 14 | 70 | 80 | protesting | ACT16958299902537796 | protest | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks <m> protesting </m> against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks <m> protesting </m> against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_12 | train | evt | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 19 | 19 | 119 | 124 | threw | ACT16959571322577428 | throw | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures <m> threw </m> petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures <m> threw </m> petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
8_8ecbplus.xml_9 | train | evt | 8_8ecbplus.xml | 3 | Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | 7 | 7 | 29 | 37 | pregnant | ACT16959639319259397 | pregnant | ['people', 'pregnant', 'woman', 'kill', 'greeks', 'protest', 'government', 'austerity', 'measure', 'throw', 'petrol', 'bomb', 'bank', 'athens', 'wednesday'] | Three people , one of them a <m> pregnant </m> woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday . | http : / / uk . reuters . com / article / 2010 / 05 / 05 / uk - greece - idUKLDE6440NQ20100505
Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a <m> pregnant </m> woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity measures threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
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Greek anti - austerity march erupts in violence , 3 dead
Wed May 5 , 2010 7 : 12pm BST
Three people , one of them a pregnant woman , were killed when Greeks protesting against government austerity <m> measures </m> threw petrol bombs at a bank in Athens on Wednesday .
Tens of thousands of striking workers and civil servants took to the streets and masked youths clashed with police in riot gear , who responded with steady rounds of tear gas and flash bombs which clouded the city centre .
It was the worst violence to hit Greece since riots in 2008 .
The violence was a blow to Prime Minister George Papandreou's plans to push through tough budget cuts demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund in exchange for a 110 billion euro ( 93 . 6 billion pound ) aid package unveiled on Sunday .
Police said two women and one man , between 30 and 40 years old , working for a Marfin bank branch choked on smoke after protesters broke the windows of a commercial building on central Stadiou Avenue and tossed in Molotov cocktails .
Marfin bank officials told Reuters one of the female victims was pregnant .
Firemen had to restrain a distraught elderly woman outside the bank , who wept and cried "my child , my child . "
Papandreou expressed shock at the deaths and vowed to bring those responsible to justice .
"We are deeply shocked by the unjust death of these three people , our fellow citizens , who were victims of a murderous act , " he told parliament .
He also defended his austerity plans , which foresee 30 billion euros in savings mainly from cuts in wages and pensions , and said the government would not abandon its drive to save the country from ruin .
"We took these decisions to save the country , " he said .
"The alternative would be bankruptcy . "
BIGGEST PROTEST
Protesters tried to storm parliament but were pushed back by riot police shortly before it started to debate the austerity bill .
Opposition conservatives are refusing to support it , but the government , which enjoys a comfortable majority , hopes to pass it by the end of the week .
Police put the march , to mark a 24 - hour nationwide strike , at roughly 30 , 000 people .
But witnesses said there were more than 50 , 000 - - easily the biggest protest since Papandreou took office last October and launched efforts to reform an economy that is uncompetitive and plagued by corruption .
Hundreds of black - hooded anarchists roamed the streets , smashing store windows and hacking chunks of marble off buildings to throw at police .
Although they were behind the worst of the violence , other protesters joined them in pelting police with bottles , shouting "Thieves ! "
Presidential guards , who usually stand immobile in front of the assembly building , left their posts as the clashes worsened .
"Our country is on the edge of the abyss , " Greek President Karolos Papoulias said in a statement .
"We are all responsible so that it does not take the step into the void . "
The marchers had dispersed by late afternoon , leaving streets littered with burnt out garbage containers .
Dozens of shop windows were smashed , including a bookstore near the burnt bank .
Two other buildings besides the bank were set on fire .
Police said 18 people had been injured in the violence and 12 arrested for carrying weapons and resisting authorities .
BLOW TO GOVERNMENT
The EU and IMF aid was intended to calm markets and give the government time to overhaul the economy and bring down a deficit that totalled 13 . 6 percent of national economic output last year .
But the euro currency and Greek assets have been pummelled by concern that social unrest could thwart government plans to push through the measures , and on fears that Greece's woes could spread to other euro zone countries such as Portugal and Spain .
In past months anti - austerity protests had been fairly peaceful , but Wednesday's violence was similar to that seen in the December 2008 riots , which broke out when police killed a teenager and dragged on for weeks .
Wednesday's strike grounded flights , shut shops and brought public transport to a standstill and the main public sector union ADEDY said it was planning more walkout for next week .
"The big participation in the strike today and the crowds that flooded the streets of Athens . . . sent a message to the government : We will not let the EU and the IMF measures pass , " said Ilias Vrettakos , deputy head of the union .
Apostolos Kolokythopoulos , a 70 - year old pensioner who lives on less than 1 , 000 euros a month , said the walkouts were needed to force the government to change course .
"I agree with the strikes .
If people don't react , don't protest , how will things change ? " he said .
Centre - left daily Eleftherotypia warned young Greeks would rise up if nothing was done to give them hope of a future .
"If nothing is done , the explosion of the angry and the disappointed will sweep everything away , " the paper said .
"Have we forgotten December 2008 and become complacent ? " |
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<m> Three </m> dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_34 | train | ent | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 2 | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | 14 | 14 | 61 | 67 | people | HUM16961145770375821 | people | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'athens', 'leave', 'people', 'dead', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protester', 'furious', 'brutal', 'spending', 'cut', 'design', 'avoid', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three <m> people </m> dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three <m> people </m> dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking <m> protesters </m> furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on <m> a bank in Athens </m> left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits <m> bank </m> during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A <m> FIRE - BOMB </m> attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after <m> fire - bomb </m> hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national <m> bankruptcy </m> .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens <m> left at least three people dead </m> as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police <m> fought </m> pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_24 | train | evt | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 2 | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | 20 | 20 | 98 | 105 | battles | ACT16958629132224286 | battle | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'athens', 'leave', 'people', 'dead', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protester', 'furious', 'brutal', 'spending', 'cut', 'design', 'avoid', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched <m> battles </m> with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched <m> battles </m> with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_25 | train | evt | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 2 | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | 22 | 22 | 111 | 119 | striking | ACT16958629132224286 | strike | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'athens', 'leave', 'people', 'dead', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protester', 'furious', 'brutal', 'spending', 'cut', 'design', 'avoid', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with <m> striking </m> protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with <m> striking </m> protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_26 | train | evt | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 2 | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | 28 | 28 | 158 | 162 | cuts | ACT16958288343324235 | cut | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'athens', 'leave', 'people', 'dead', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protester', 'furious', 'brutal', 'spending', 'cut', 'design', 'avoid', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending <m> cuts </m> designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending <m> cuts </m> designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_27 | train | evt | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 2 | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | 29 | 29 | 163 | 171 | designed | ACT16960252446447680 | design | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'athens', 'leave', 'people', 'dead', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protester', 'furious', 'brutal', 'spending', 'cut', 'design', 'avoid', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts <m> designed </m> to avoid national bankruptcy . | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts <m> designed </m> to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_28 | train | evt | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 2 | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy . | 31 | 31 | 175 | 180 | avoid | ACT28267484516295476 | avoid | ['fire', 'bomb', 'attack', 'bank', 'athens', 'leave', 'people', 'dead', 'police', 'fight', 'pitch', 'battle', 'strike', 'protester', 'furious', 'brutal', 'spending', 'cut', 'design', 'avoid', 'national', 'bankruptcy'] | A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to <m> avoid </m> national bankruptcy . | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to <m> avoid </m> national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
8_4ecbplus.xml_4 | train | evt | 8_4ecbplus.xml | 1 | Three dead after fire - bomb hits bank during Greek riots | 6 | 6 | 29 | 33 | hits | ACT16958170637145285 | hit | ['dead', 'fire', 'bomb', 'hit', 'bank', 'greek', 'riot'] | Three dead after fire - bomb <m> hits </m> bank during Greek riots | http : / / www . news . com . au / newstest2 / archive - old - assets / three - dead - after - fire - bomb - hits - bank - during - greek - riots / story - e6frfkyi - 1225862790476
Three dead after fire - bomb <m> hits </m> bank during Greek riots
A FIRE - BOMB attack on a bank in Athens left at least three people dead as police fought pitched battles with striking protesters furious at brutal spending cuts designed to avoid national bankruptcy .
Hooded youths hurled petrol bombs at stores and businesses in the Greek capital , setting the bank and two government buildings ablaze .
Protesters also tried to storm the Greek Parliament and the rioting spread to Greece's second city , Thessaloniki .
Police said at least three people , a man and two women , were killed in the fire - bomb attack .
Firefighters said as many as 20 people had been inside the bank .
It was unclear if the dead were customers or bank employees .
Two buildings , one used by tax officials and another by regional authorities , also caught fire .
Greek President Carolos Papoulias condemned the violence , saying the debt - hit country had "reached the edge of the abyss" .
"Our country has reached the edge of the abyss .
It is the responsibility of us all to not take the step into the void .
"What is at stake in coming days is to keep social cohesion and social peace . "
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said the firebombing was a "raw murderous act" .
Athens underground stations were shuttered and the international airport deserted as tens of thousands of union members rallied on the eve of a vote in parliament on the planned cuts and tax hikes .
The general strike was the first major test of the Socialist government's resolve to push through unprecedented measures since agreeing a ����110 billion ( $158 billion ) EU and IMF debt bailout over the weekend .
Prime Minister George Papandreou's insistence that the measures are vital for the nation's survival failed to dissuade unions from paralysing public transport , grounding air traffic and preventing ferries from leaving docks .
After rallying in two separate demonstrations in central Athens , members of the main unions began converging on parliament , where the Government was preparing for the measures to be voted on Thursday . |
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