Protests Turn Violent in Greece

Protests in Athens, Greece
Yiorgos Karahalis / Reuters

Peaceful Protest
Wednesday, May 5, in Greece was meant to be a 24-hour nationwide general strike that grounded all flights, shut down ports, schools and government services. The strike is the third to hit Greece in as many months. But the protests would eventually turn more ugly than ever before.

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