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Democracy In Athens Temporarily On Hold

OMG, Greece! The land of dank tavernas, crumbling temples and ouzo pounding, cigarette huffing Paris Hilton exes is going absolutely bananas right now, after the funeral of the 15-year-old shot by police Saturday.

Gangs of red-and-black-clad anarchists are roving the streets of Athens, smashing windows and chucking molotov cocktails at cops, while smaller interest groups are using the unrest to rally for their pet causes. Some rioters even burned the city's Christmas tree, a total dick move.

While tourists were spared the full force of the violence until now--at least as long as they stayed indoors--the riots are now touching everyone: A strike will completely shut down all airports in the country Wednesday, and hotels came under heavy assault on Monday. The brutes didn't even spare a life-sized diorama of The Nutcracker!

Related Stories:
· Greece Riots: People Have Lost Faith in Government [Guardian]
· Funeral Leads to More Mayhem [NYT]
· As Riots Continue, Greece Faces Mounting Political Crisis [IHT]
· Greek Riots: Airport Strikes Add to Misery [Telegraph]
· Anarchist Riots in Athens, Thessaloniki Keeping Tourists On Their Toes [Jaunted]

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