Wed, 05 May, 2010 - 14:15
Three people died in a blaze at an Athens bank today during rioting over government spending cuts.
An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving Greece from bankruptcy.
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