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Greeks protest austerity as PM makes keynote speech - Thessaloniki

September 10th, 2011 by Orhan Tsolak
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Members of the Greek Indignants movement march against the government's austerity program.
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One of protesting taxi drivers shouts towards the riot police protecting the cordoned area of Thessaloniki Trade Show, where the Greek PM was about to make his keynote speech on the state of the economy.
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Riot police pushes away a protesting taxi driver. The Greek taxi drivers are unhapphy about governments plans to liberalise their trade.
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Taxi drivers move away from tear gas, fired seconds earlier by the riot police.
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Greek taxi drivers shout anti-government slogans and try to enter a cordoned area, as riot police fires tear gas.
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Members of the Greek Indignants movement march against the government's austerity program.
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Members from the Greek Communist Party affiliated trade union PAME march holding a large banner.
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Members of the Greek Communist Party affiliated trade union PAME march, holding red flags.
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Thousands of angry Greeks took to the streets of Thessaloniki as Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou vowed to continue with the deeply unpopular austerity program. Thessaloniki, Greece. 10th September 2011

Thousands of angry Greeks took to the streets of Thessaloniki, Greece's second largers city, as Greek PM wowed to continue with the deeply unpopular austerity programm.

As the Greek PM George Papandreou was making his annual keynote speech on the state of the economy in Thessaloniki, Greece second largest city, up to 30.000 angry protesters marched through the streets of the city, shouting slogans against the government, and at times clashes broke out between the police and the protesters. Thessaloniki, Greece, 10'th September 2011.

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