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GREECE 2010 FINANCIAL CRISIS – Thanassis Stavrakis Photography

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GREECE 2010 FINANCIAL CRISIS

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GREECE 2010 FINANCIAL CRISIS

Governments in the Greek capital of Athens haven’t balanced a budget in nearly 40 years, and the country narrowly averted bankruptcy in May before panicky European partners grudgingly put up massive rescue loans. A year with violent protests and big strikes.

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou gestures outside premier's office in Athens, Greece. (April 10, 2010)

Police clash with protesters during a rally in Athens. (February 24, 2010)

Police clash with protesters during a rally in Athens. (February 24, 2010)

A protester throws a metal bar at riot police during clashes outside the parliament in central Athens. (March 5, 2010)

A protester wraps a banner round a riot policeman, seen left, who is trying to arrest a suspected rioter during clashes outside the parliament in central Athens. (March 5, 2010)

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Police clash with demonstrating students outside Greece's parliament, in the latest protest against austerity measures, in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Police fired tear gas and clashed with youths during the brief incident after some 1,500 people marched though the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Thanasis Stavrakis)

Police clash with demonstrating students outside Greece's parliament, in the latest protest against austerity measures, in Athens, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. Police fired tear gas and clashed with youths during the brief incident after some 1,500 people marched though the Greek capital. (AP Photo/Thanasis Stavrakis)

Protesters clash with riot police at the Greek Parliament in Athens, Wednesday, May 5, 2010. Greek fire officials say three people have died in a blaze that broke out at an Athens bank during rioting over government austerity measures. An estimated 100,000 people took to the streets Wednesday during a nationwide wave of strikes against spending cuts aimed at saving the country from bankrupty. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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Police arrests a protester during clashes in Athens, Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010. Hundreds of protesters clashed with riot police across central Athens Wednesday, smashing cars and hurling gasoline bombs during a massive labor protest against the government's austerity measures. Wednesday's violence occurred after some 20,000 protesters marched to parliament during a general strike against a new round of labor reforms in the crisis-hit country. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)

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