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Greek police, protesters clash at annual march

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Youths hurled rocks, flares and smashed-up paving stones at police outside the US Embassy in Athens on Wednesday, during a mass rally to mark the anniversary of a 1973 anti-dictatorship uprising.

 

Riot police used tear gas and stun grenades during the brief but violent confrontation with dozens of youths, and chased groups that dispersed down streets near the embassy building. At least 49 people were detained by police, authorities said, while one protester was being treated in hospital for burns. (AP)

 

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