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Greeks angry at the Germans

ATHENS — Every Oct. 28 Greece celebrates “Oxi Day,” or “ ‘No’ Day,” a national holiday commemorating Greek resistance to the Axis powers during World War II. On Friday, those celebrations took on a greater weight. As Greeks suffer from harsh austerity measures, there is growing popular sentiment here that the country has ceded key parts of its sovereignty, and its pride, to its foreign lenders.
Here in Greece, anger is running so high — especially toward Germany, whose Nazi occupation still leaves deep scars here and which now dominates the European Union’s bailout of debt-ridden Greece — that National Day celebrations were called off on Friday in the northern city of Thessaloniki for the first time ever after a group shouted “traitor” to the Greek president, Karolos Papoulias.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/world/europe/greeks-direct-anger-at-germany-and-european-union.html

“If we weren’t under the E.U., which is the only reason this loss of sovereignty may be justified, I’d have to say that Greece is an occupied country,” said Nikos Alivizatos, a constitutional lawyer in Athens.

Such feelings run so deep that after reaching a deal in Brussels this week for banks to accept a 50 percent loss on the face value of their Greek bonds, Prime Minister George Papandreou took great pains to explain that a new agreement — a troika presence until 2020 — would only offer technical assistance and that it was not tantamount to Greece’s relinquishing control of its fate.

“I was the one fighting the Germans,” Mr. Papoulias, 82, said on national television. “I am sorry for those who cursed at me. They should be ashamed of themselves. We fought for Greece. I was an insurgent from the age of 15. I fought the Nazis and the Germans, and now they call me a traitor?”

Forbes Magazine

In negotiations that ran late into Thursday morning, private banks and insurers agreed to accept a 50% reduction in Greek bonds held by investors. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said the agreement will cut Greek debt to 120% of its GDP by 2020. Under the previous conditions, it would have grown to about 160%.

European leaders also agreed to leverage up the euro zone’s bailout fund by four or five times to 1 trillion euros ($1.4 trillion). The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) has already been used as a lifeline for Greece, Ireland and Portugal, but may soon be needed for the larger economies of Spain and Italy. The source of capital for the fund hasn’t been decided, although the IMF and China are being discussed as possible options.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy plans to call China’s President Hu Jintao on Thursday to discuss the possibility of China contributing to the EFSF. Premier Wen Jiabao had earlier indicated a willingness to provide support to the euro zone as one of its biggest trade partners. China has the world’s largest foreign currency reserves of more than $3.2 trillion.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertolsen/2011/10/27/europe-agrees-to-greek-write-down-boosts-bailout-fund/

Queen Mooned

On her recent trip to Brisbane, Australia Queen Elizabeth got an eyeful when a local construction worker decided to moon her. While her motorcade passed through the cheering crowds, a man named Liam Warriner decided to accept the his colleagues’ dare. The 22-year old pulled his trousers down, wedged an Australia flag between his buttocks and ran a long side the motorcade for 50 yards before being apprehended by the police.

The Queen seemed rather unaffected by the incident and soon went on to warmly address the citizens of Brisbane. Mr. Warriner claimed that she and the Duke had waved at him, prompting him to pull the stunt. He also says that he doesn’t feel as though his actions were particularly criminal.
http://therandomforest.com/queen-elizabeth-mooned/

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Mixalaki gia sena - Adinamiamou - Bardis

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011. Tomorrow is the New Moon in Scorpio. Today, the Moon spends the day in Libra – a much more spacious sign than it was the last time the Moon came through. All of the planets that occupied Libra last month have moved on to Scorpio except Saturn (Juno joined Venus, Mercury and the Sun last night). Not long after the Moon makes the same move, it meets up with the Sun to form the Scorpio New Moon. There is, as one regular commenter put it, a “relative ease of transformation” available in these days. How will you be using it?


For one thing, this New Moon is sextile Pluto in Capricorn. That gives a little extra evolutionary energy, in an aspect that lends itself to easy movement. Since Pluto is one of Scorpio’s rulers, there’s particular resonance there, despite this placement not being a favorite of the Moon’s.

In a natal chart, a Scorpio Moon generally indicates a need to “forgive and forget,” as Isabel Hickey writes. These are physically strong, sensual individuals with deep feelings – and those feelings need to be handled carefully and consciously. This is a challenging placement for the Moon, as it is said to be ‘in fall’. But an individual determined to learn empathy toward others and some optimism toward life in general may do well. In any case, the person’s response to life will be deeply passionate.

The asteroid Atlantis is conjunct the New Moon; this is a moment asking us to make peace with change. It’s a ‘beyond doom and gloom’ moment, because things are changing. For one thing, Sun-Moon-Atlantis in Scorpio is the image of how it’s always sex that’s going to bring down society, in the minds of the freaked-out. It’s never banking or chemical companies or politics. Most people treat sex as the culprit.


The #Occupy movement is throwing this idea into relief, calling out to everyone who is struggling financially to actually look at what these chemical companies, banks and politicians are doing. The continent is sinking into the mire of its own decadence. This is not new – it’s been happening for quite a while. What’s new is the number of people who are looking up from the mire determined to move their socio-political houses – not to higher ground in the same worldview, but perhaps to float on the water of new values altogether. At least until the institutions that fall render their building blocks usable again, repurposed for truly solid structures.

That’s more a picture of the Uranus-Pluto square at work, a current of change and upheaval around, beneath and inside us. The Scorpio New Moon conjunct Atlantis brings the evolutionary impulse to an individual, internal, soul-level place. This is something we can work with. We just have to be willing to dive in, dive deep, and only come up for air when we’re sure we’ve reached a new shore of understanding. The temptation will be to skim the surface; to only flirt with fantasy. But it’s only when you say yes to trying that new, daring thing, when you commit to it in action and initiate first steps, that you actually confront your fears and the myriad possible outcomes besides the ones you are afraid of. That’s when you give the universe an opening in which to meet you halfway and move you to someplace new – perhaps someplace you hadn’t even envisioned was possible. The story of Atlantis is about the failure of the collective; combined with the New Moon, we have a symbol for that failure giving rise to the #Occupy movement and the mechanism by which we collectively can transmute and reform that energy.

Speaking of transmuting energy, there is also a square between Venus and Mars tomorrow. Isabel Hickey describes this as a conflict between passion and love. Or, to put it another way: What if everyone goes for what they want? Wouldn’t the result be chaos? We have assertive Mars in Leo, being squared by equally (perhaps more) assertive Venus in Scorpio. Then what happens? What gives? And if you’re being pulled or pushed in those two directions by that square, how do you decide which way to go? Jupiter in Taurus is not aspecting the Venus-Mars square, but it is opposite the New Moon — providing some solid ground to balance the deep waters. When in doubt, check in with your deepest values before you decide where to dive.
http://planetwaves.net/pagetwo/astro-daily/approaching-the-scorpio-new-moon/#more-47879

Connected - Tiffany Shlain

http://www.tiffanyshlain.com/tiffanyshlain/Home.html

With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, Tiffany Shlain's vibrant and insightful documentary, Connected, explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our time—the environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights, the global economy—while searching for her place in the world during a transformative time in her life. Employing a splendidly imaginative combination of animation and archival footage, plus several surprises, Shlain constructs a chronological tour of Western modernization through the work of her late father, Leonard Shlain, a surgeon and best-selling author of Art and Physics and The Alphabet Versus the Goddess. With humor and irony, the Shlain family life merges with philosophy to create both a personal portrait and a proposal for ways we can move forward as a civilization. Connected illuminates the beauty and tragedy of human endeavor while boldly championing the importance of personal connectedness for understanding and coping with today's global conditions.

Honored by Newsweek as one of the "Women Shaping the 21st Century," Tiffany Shlain is a filmmaker, artist, founder of The Webby Awards, and co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Her films have been selected at over 100 film festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and Rotterdam, have won 20 awards including Audience and Grand Jury Prizes, been translated into 8 languages, and been shown at museums including LACMA and Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. Tiffany's films are a fusion of documentary and narrative and are known for their whimsical yet provocative approach to unraveling complicated subjects like politics, cultural identity, technology and science. Her films include "Life, Liberty & The Pursuit of Happiness" (2003) about reproductive rights in America, and "The Tribe," (2006) an exploration of American Jewish identity through the history of the Barbie doll, the first documentary short to become the #1 on iTunes. She recently made, "Yelp: With Apologies to Allen Ginsberg's Howl,"(2011) about our addiction to technology and the importance of occasionally "unplugging,' which was selected as finalist for Guggenheim Museum & Youtube's YouTube Play: A Biennial of Creative Video and for Sundance 2011. As a director for both theater and film, she has worked with Harrison Ford, Peter Coyote and Alan Cumming and was selected as an Artist-in-Residence at the Headland Center for the Arts and for a film residency at the San Francisco Film Society. Tiffany's films and discussion programs have been used in many diverse settings to spark dialogues about social issues. She has been singled out by The New York Times, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and The Sundance Institute for her cutting-edge work using documentaries and Internet distribution in unique ways to engage audiences. A sought-after keynote speaker known for her visual presentations, she lectures worldwide on filmmaking and the Internet's influence on society. Invitations include Harvard, MIT, Apple theaters in NYC and SF, The Idea Festival, Fortune 500 companies, the 92nd St Y in NYC and The Sydney Opera House. She received a standing ovation from over 11,000 people after she delivered the keynote address for University of California, Berkeley's commencement ceremony in May 2010.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1286067/bio

7.2 Magnitude earthquake in Turkey

As many as 1,000 people are feared dead after a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit south-eastern Turkey, destroying dozens of buildings and trapping some victims alive under the rubble

Rescue teams in eastern Turkey are working frantically to pull more survivors from the wreckage of dozens of collapsed buildings following an earthquake in which at least 279 people were killed and hundreds of others injured or trapped.

There was increasing concern for tens of thousands of people forced to spend the night outdoors in near-freezing temperatures in the mountainous Van region, as their damaged homes were shaken by a succession of aftershocks.

"It is a very urgent situation," Hakki Erskoy,, a disaster manager for the Turkish Red Crescent, said, adding that his organisation was dealing with 40,000 homeless people, adding. "Right now, we are facing a race against time to provide shelter for people."

Sunday's 7.2-magnitude quake had the most severe effect in Ercis, a town of around 75,000 people, where an estimated 80 buildings collapsed.

The provincial capital, Van, about 60 miles to the south, experienced substantial damage as well, and the situation was bad in many surrounding villages. According to the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who toured the region by helicopter, virtually all mud-brick homes had collapsed.

www.guardian.co.uk

Northern coast of Crete

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/travel/around-the-mediterranean-true-home-cooking-greek-style.html?sec=travel&spon=&pagewanted=all

IT was a driving trek of heroic proportions up the dirt road from Rethimno, the historic seaside fort city on the northern coast of Crete, to the tiny village of Potamous, on one of those dusty Greek-island dirt roads that are less daunting than they seem, but nonetheless make every passenger but the driver look like they just stepped off a cyclone. On a friend's recommendation, I was heading, with my husband, Vassili Stenos, to this practically unpopulated village about an hour's drive into the mountains to eat.

The village square was dead this early November day but for a few cats and the distant cackle of free roaming chickens out for their evening constitutional. Kaliope Kehadiadaki, known as Popi, waited for us in the doorway, wrapped in a well-worn apron, We had called to let her know we were coming, a common practice with these tiny, family-run restaurants in remote villages.

We sat down under a hovering old sycamore and soon were treated to one of the best meals I've had in Greece: Crisp, fried zucchini blossoms with a creamy garlic sauce; incredibly flavored runner beans, lightly stewed with whole, fresh plum tomatoes and mint; pan-fried wild goat; rabbit casserole; local cured pork cooked with eggs; snails seared with vinegar and rosemary; a wild greens omelet called sfouggato; and local wine by the carafe. Cont........

Greek Yogurt a success overseas

As Greek yogurt is becoming ever more popular in the States, with major US companies deciding to get involved in the industry, Greece’s leading yogurt maker FAGE is increasing its storage capacity across the Atlantic.
A recent Wall Street Journal report suggested that Pepsico is about to announce the creation of a consortium with German dairy firm Theo Muller for their joint entry in to the US yogurt market, heeding the growing popularity of the Greek product in the country.
Now FAGE’s subsidiary in the States, Fage USA Corp. that was founded in 2005 is responding to the increasing demand by expanding the storage capacity of its factory, that started operating in 2008 just outside New York.
By January 2012 its storage capacity will have grown from 4,000 to 10,000 pallets, thereby dwarfing the capacity of the factories FAGE operates in Greece (5,000 pallets).
FAGE’s investment in the US is estimated at about $160 million to date. It started exporting yogurt to the States in 1998.
Such has been the success of Greek yogurt in the US that Kraft Foods, which had completely left the yogurt market in 2004, recently returned to it using a Greek-sounding name for its product: “Athenos”.

http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite2_1_22/10/2011_411424

Greek yogurt is much thicker than regular yogurt because a lot of the liquid whey is strained out. It doesn’t need the pectin or other thickeners found in many yogurts. Greek yogurt is higher in protein than regular yogurt, with 8 ounces of the nonfat version supplying about 20 grams of protein – nearly double the protein – content of traditional yogurt. It’s also lower in carbohydrates, which means even less lactose for lactose-intolerant people.

Do note, however that Greek yogurt is substantially lower in calcium than regular varieties (about 150 milligrams (mg) of calcium per 8 ounces versus the 300 to 450 mg in plain regular yogurt). Some brands may contain more, so be sure to check the Nutrition Facts label.

One more caution: fat and calories are also more concentrated – particularly in full-fat varieties. Eight ounces of nonfat Greek yogurt contain about 125 calories (similar to regular nonfat plain yogurt), but the same portion of the whole milk version contains about 300 calories and more than 20 grams of fat. Fortunately, the characteristic thick creaminess of Greek yogurt is present even in the nonfat form. While Greek yogurt is traditionally unsweetened, some flavored versions are now appearing in the U.S.”

http://eatingbender.com/2008/08/30/food-for-thought-greek-yogurt/

Artist of the Week - Eleutheria Arvanitaki

http://www.arvanitaki.gr/main.cfm?module=discography&page=lyricsgr

End of the world date..........keeps changing

Harold Camping says end of the world is probably Oct. 21, 2011

By Elizabeth Flock

Harold Camping, the Family Radio evangelist who wrongly predicteddoomsday back in May, thinks the real end of the world could be Friday, October 21, 2011.

Harold Camping prepares for a taping. (Marcio Jose Sanchez - Associated Press)In a message on his Web site, Camping declared that today, “at this point, looks like it will be the final end of everything.”

But if doomsday doesn’t come today, Camping might explain it away just as he did his May prediction mistake. In another post on his site, Camping wrote that May 21 was the “spiritual” end of the world.

As for the earthquakes he predicted, he says they came in the form of “man-quakes,” since mankind shook with fear from the Rapture and the book of Genesis describes man as made from dirt.

Catherine Wessinger, who studies doomsday groups and is the editor of “The Oxford Handbook of Millennialism,” told NPR that Camping is using a common trick of doomsday leaders.

When his end of the world prediction fails, she says, “the person making the prediction can give themselves a way out, sort of a backdoor way of getting out of the prediction. Or on the other hand, when nothing happens, the event can be spiritualized.”

While in May Camping spoke to nearly every media outlet he could, this time he’s noticeably absent from the spotlight. The Christian Science Monitor reports that calls to Family Radio were not returned and his daughter e-mailed to say they would not be speaking to the press.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/harold-camping-says-end-of-the-world-is-probably-today-oct-21-2011/2011/10/21/gIQAW83R3L_blog.html


PHOTO OF THE YEAR ????

Δείχνει μία μητέρα, η οποία από το ένα της στήθος θηλάζει το μικρό της παιδί και από το άλλο, ένα νεογέννητο πιθηκάκι.

Στη λεζάντα της, η φωτογραφία η οποία δημοσιεύθηκε στον ινδικό τύπο αναγράφει:
«Μόνον όποιος είναι φτωχός και ξέρει τι θα πει πείνα ενεργεί µε τόση γενναιοδωρία…Τι θλιβερό που ο άνθρωπος δεν είναι πάντα έτσι»

Immigrate to Canada, one of the "most successful" economies in the G20. MSN

Greece may steal all of Europe's economic woe headlines, but all is not right on the other side of the continent. According to the latest figures, unemployment in the United Kingdom has jumped to its highest level since 1994, and more than one in five 16-to-24-year-olds can't find a job for the life of them.

Of course, the numbers sound daunting — 2.57 million Brits are without work, by numbers from the Office for National Statistics — and an 8.1 per cent unemployment rate is nothing to sneeze at. Perhaps, then, the U.K. can learn a few lessons from these countries. With the latest data from the International Labour Organization, MSN presents the ten G20 nations with the lowest unemployment.

Unemployment rate: 6.6 per cent (September 2011) CANADA

Surely, where employment is concerned, Canada has responded to the economic crisis better than many other nations. Though it hasn't returned to its pre-recession (2008) unemployment rate of 6.1 per cent just yet, Canada has been closing the gap. By the ILO's figures, our unemployment rate is down 1.6 per cent since its downturn peak in March of 2011, prompting Ernst to call Canada one of the "most successful" economies in the G20.

http://money.ca.msn.com/jobs/gallery/where-the-jobs-are-1?cp-documentid=31054686&page=10

http://www.workingincanada.gc.ca/LMI_bulletin.do?cid=3373

http://www.canadaimmigrantblog.com/

DON 2 - Ra One - Shahrukh Khan is back

"Shera Di Kaum" (Full video song) Speedy singhs Ft. "Akshay Kumar", "RDB", "Ludacris"

"Ne Aaja Veh" (video song) Speedy Singhs

"Shera Di Kaum" (Full video song) Speedy singhs Ft. "Akshay Kumar", "RDB", "Ludacris"


Shera di kaum punjabi' is one of the hottest track of this season. Watch the full video song featuring akshay kumar, Russell Peters, Anupam Kher, Vinay Virwani, Camilla Bell, Rob Lowe and a cameo by Drake.
"Speedy singhs" is an Indo - Canadian film, inspired by the life of a Canadian hockey player, movie is produced by Akshay Kumar.This song is sung by RDB, Ludacris. Enjoy watching & share your views, comments with us & play only on T-Series.

Xanthi

Known references to Xanthi (Ξάνθη), or Xanthia (Ξάνθεια), date back to 879 AD.^[1] It began as a small village and experienced all the tumultuous periods of the history of Thrace, such as raids, disasters, ethnic conflicts, civil wars. The population of the region of Xanthi had dwindled down to almost nothing and almost everything had been destroyed. This was the situation when the Ottomans conquered the region in 1361. For this reason, the Ottomans brought settlers from the depths of Asia Minor, which is how Genisea (Γενισέα) was created, while Oreo (Ωραίο) and Xanthi remained mainly Greek and Christian centres.

Genisea Era

By 1715, Xanthi, as well as Genisea, became renowned for its tobacco quality. Many foreign sightseers traveled throughout the region and described both the life and struggles of the locals. Tobacco commerce throughout Europe led Xanthi into a course of prosperity. In March and April 1829 two earthquakes literally leveled the city, however played a decisive role in the further developments. The city's re-building immediately got underway. In 1870, the city of Genisea was burned down and thus all of the agencies and services were transferred to Xanthi which, at that time, had a population of about 10,000 inhabitants. In 1891, the railroad line was established near the city, while further economic development led to the founding of schools and associations.

Balkan Wars

Following the First Balkan War, Bulgaria took the city of Xanthi in 1912, but after a period of eight months it was taken by the Greek army. Shortly thereafter, as part of the accords concluding theBalkan Wars, Xanthi and Western Thrace were ceded to Bulgaria (where it also called СкечаSkecha), and remained a part of the latter until the end of World War I. Following the Bulgarian defeat in this war, Western Thrace (Δυτική Θράκη), and thus Xanthi, became a part of Greece in 1919–1920. It was occupied by Bulgaria in the period 1941–1944 during World War II. During this time, in March 1943, its entire Jewish population was rounded up by the Bulgarians and transferred to the Germans for deportation to Treblinka, where they were murdered.

Modern Era

Nowadays Xanthi is a modern city, rich in history, traditions and customs, and with many attractions for the visitors (including the surrounding areas). It is worth visiting the city during the Carnival (Greek: Καρναβάλι) (either February or March as dates change) and during the Old Town Festival (Γιορτές Παλιάς Πόλης) (beginning of September). Also, one should not miss the Xanthi Bazaar (Παζάρι) every Saturday. Xanthi is known as "The city of the thousand colours". *Wikipedia*

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             Reports Say Gadhafi Killed in Libya

Provisional government officials in Libya say former leader Moammar Gadhafi has died after being wounded during a battle for control of the town of Sirte. The reports have not been independently confirmed.http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Reports-Say-Gadhafi-Killed-in-Libya-132230473.html

LIBYA LIVE: Gadhafi killed as his hometown fallsAtlanta Journal Constitution

Qaddafi dead after Sirte battle, PM confirmsCBS News

His killing confirms my long-held position that Muammar al-Gaddafi would NOT be the final King of the South of Bible prophecy.  He, himself, acted like he wanted to be.  He once was hailed as the “king of kings of Africa,” which, to me at least, indicated that he wanted to be the King of the South.
Libya itself is mentioned specifically in Bible prophecy (Daniel 11:40-43) and it will support the final King of the South.  This is likely to be a caliph-type Imam Mahdi, that many in the Arab & Islamic world will also support. And that leader will relatively soon rise up (though some Arab nations may likely have several “interim” and/or semi-permanent leaders first as I have written in the past).
Watch (cf. Mark 13:33-37).
Some articles of possibly related interest may include:
Is There A Future King of the South? Some no longer believe there needs to be. Might Egypt, Islam, Iran, Arabs, or Ethiopia be involved? What does the Bible say?
Who is the King of the North? Is there one? Do biblical and Roman Catholic prophecies point to the same leader? Should he be followed? Who will be the King of the North discussed in Daniel 11? Is a nuclear attack prophesied to happen to the English-speaking peoples of the United States, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand? When do the 1335 days, 1290 days, and 1260 days (the time, times, and half a time) of Daniel 12 begin? When does the Bible show that economic collapse will affect the United States?
The Arab World In the Bible, History, and Prophecy The Bible discusses the origins of the Arab world and discusses the Middle East in prophecy. What is ahead for the Middle East and those who follow Islam?
Africa: Its Biblical Past and Prophesied Future What does the Bible teach about Africa and its future? Did the early Church reach Africa? Will God call all the Africans?

http://www.cogwriter.com/news/

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/20/muammar-gaddafi-vdieo-footage-shows-dictators-bloodied-body/

Muammar Gaddafi dead CONFIRMED DEAD

Muammar Gaddafi called the rebels who rose up against his 42-years of one-man rule “rats”, but in the end it was he who was captured cowering in a drainage pipe full of rubbish and filth.

In bizarre scenes, reports said the Former Libyan dictator was found hiding in a drainage culvert waving a golden gun as he tried to flee National Transitional Council fighters who had overrun his hometown and final bastion on Thursday.

Moments later, his bloodied body was stripped and displayed around the world from cellphone video.

Gaddafi, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of ordering the killing of civilians, was toppled by rebel forces on Aug. 23, a week short of the 42nd anniversary of the military coup which brought him to power in 1969.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper officially recognized reports of Muammar Gaddafi’s death Thursday, saying the former dictator’s demise spells the beginning of a new era for the Libyan people.

He added that Canada’s military mission in Libya will wind down now that Gadhafi has been killed.

After Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril confirmed his demise, the new national flag, resurrected by rebels who forced Gaddafi from his capital Tripoli in August, filled streets and squares as jubilant crowds whooped for joy and fired in the air.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/10/20/muammar-gaddafi-vdieo-footage-shows-dictators-bloodied-body/ WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT

53 year old man dead in Greek Riots - Yahoo News/ Ekathimerini.com

A 53-year-old man died after clashes between protesters at an anti-austerity rally in front of Parliament in Athens on Thursday afternoon, an Athens hospital confirmed.
The man was identified as a unionist who died of heart failure at Evangelismos Hospital in central Athens, following clashes between protesters and a group of hooded men who attacked them earlier in the afternoon at Syntagma Square.
A doctor told reporters that the man, reported to be a construction worker, was unconscious but had no injuries when he was taken to hospital.
Government sources reported that the unionist had respiratory problems and his condition was aggravated by the use of chemicals by police. Police denied that tear gas had been used at the time of the incident.
Another man was earlier reported to have suffered serious head injuries after falling from the steps on Syntagma Square when the hooded men charged.
http://ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_19555_20/10/2011_411244

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Clouds of tear gas choked central Athensas rival demonstrators fought with stones and firebombs outside parliament Thursday, leaving one man dead and dozens injured. Inside, the Socialist government grappled with dissent over the deeply unpopular new cutbacks demanded by creditors to keep the country afloat.

Greece has been kept solvent only by international bailout loans from the International Monetary Fund and other eurozone nations since May of last year. Creditors have demanded that Greece pass the extra austerity measures before they give the country more funds from that euro110 billion ($152 billion) bailout loan. Greece says it will run out of money in mid-November without the next euro8 billion ($11 billion) installment.

On the second day of a general strike that has paralyzed the country, demonstrators marched to Syntagma Square before parliament to protest the new measures that include pay and staff cuts in the civil service as well as pension cuts and tax hikes for all Greeks. The draft law calls for 30,000 public servants to be put on reduced pay and for collective bargaining rights to be suspended.

State hospital officials said a 53-year-old man died of heart failure and at least 74 people were injured after hundreds of rioting youths attacked some of the 50,000 peaceful demonstrators with firebombs and stones. Some of the injured were covered in blood from head wounds.

Police said at least six people were arrested and another 24 detained. Six officers were injured.

The clashes spread across the city, even reaching outside the city's new Acropolis Museum.

Youths set mounds of trash on fire in Syntagma Square and across the city. Young men in crash helmets and gas masks used crowbars and clubs to smash marble from building facades and rip up paving stones to throw at riot police.

Parliament approved the new round of austerity cuts in principle late Wednesday and was to vote on individual articles late Thursday. The Socialists have a four-seat majority in parliament.

In a potential blow to the government, former Socialist Labor Minister Louka Katseli said she would not back a key provision to scale back labor bargaining rights.

Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos issued an impassioned appeal to Socialist and opposition lawmakers alike, warning that failure to approve the measures would be disastrous.

"If the law is not approved ...there is no need for me even to go to the eurogroup meeting on Friday, or the prime minister to Sunday's summit," he said Thursday. "The country will be exposed to the danger of a non-rational development, and will once again serve as the scapegoat on which Europe's historic, political and institutional shortcomings will be dumped."

Prime Minister George Papandreou called on Greece's eurozone partners to urgently end a deadlock in negotiations over a broader European debt deal.

"Europe is now at risk because of its inability to grasp the scale of the crisis in time — the systemic problems — and take the necessary decisions," he said during an acrimonious debate in parliament. "Europe must now assume its responsibilities — all of us in Europe. A small fire has become a pan-European fire."

In July, eurozone leaders tentatively agreed in a second euro109 billion ($150 billion) bailout, that would also see banks and other private bondholders give Greece easier terms on its debt.

But Greece's international creditors, meanwhile, warned that the second rescue package may not be enough to save the country from bankruptcy, according to a draft of a debt inspectors' report obtained Thursday by The Associated Press in Berlin.

The inspectors said Greece has missed its deficit-cutting targets and called the pace of its reforms insufficient, but still said Athens should get euro8 billion ($11 billion) in bailout loans as soon as possible so it does not default next month.

There's growing market unease about whether a summit of eurozone leaders this Sunday in Brussels will yield a comprehensive solution to the continent's debt crisis. Finance ministers from the 17 countries that use the euro will meet Friday ahead of the summit.

Unions seemed resigned to the law being passed, but warned that the whole country opposed it.

"Our European friends must know that our prime minister will go to the European summit naked, because the promises he will make have no backing in his country," said Ilias Iliopoulos, secretary general of the Adedy civil servants' union.

The general strike Thursday disrupted public transport, public services and left ships docked at ports. Schools and customs offices closed and state hospitals were running on emergency staff.

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Associated Press writers Elena Becatoros and Demetris Nellas in Athens contributed to this report

ATHENS, Greece -- Greek lawmakers have passed a deeply resented austerity bill that has led to violent protests on the streets of Athens, despite some dissent from one Socialist lawmaker.

The new measures include pay and staff cuts in the civil service as well as pension cuts and tax hikes for all Greeks. The bill passed by majority vote in the 300-member parliament.

Former Labor Minister Louka Katseli voted against one article that scales back collective labor bargaining rights. She voted in favor of the overall bill, but Prime Minister George Papandreou expelled her from the party's parliamentary group. The move whittles down his parliamentary majority to 153.

The vote came after violent demonstrations that left one person dead and 74 injured.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A prominent lawmaker in Greece's governing Socialist party has voted against a key article in an austerity bill, dealing a potential blow to the government.

Former Labor Minister Louka Katseli on Thursday voted against the contentious Article 37, which scales back collective labor bargaining rights. She voted in favor of the overall bill.

The governing Socialists have a majority of four seats in the 300-member parliament, and the bill is likely to pass. But the dissent undermines cohesion in Prime Minister George Papandreou's Socialist party.

The new austerity measures have sparked fury among Greek workers, with demonstrations during two days of a general strike degenerating into violence. One person died after Thursday's protest and 74 were injured.

Associated Press writers Elena Becatoros and Demetris Nellas in Athens contributed to this report

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