Clashes at Athens protest against pension reform
By Associated Press
Jun 29, 2010 6:26 AM CDT
Strikers block the entrance of the ferry Apollon Hellas, at the Greek port of Piraeus, Tuesday June 29, 2010. Public services shut down across Greece Tuesday as workers walked off the job in a new nationwide general strike that disrupted public transport, left hospitals operating on emergency staff...   (Associated Press)

Dozens of masked youths are clashing with police at a union protest in Athens during a general strike against the cash-strapped government's planned pension and labor reforms.

Riot police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse troublemakers who threw chunks of marble smashed off a metro station entrance and set rubbish bins on fire.

No injuries, arrests or major damage to property were immediately reported

Tuesday's violence came as some 10,000 people took part in a demonstration organized by the country's two main labor unions and fringe left-wing groups. A separate march by some 5,000-6,000 members of the Communist Party-backed PAME union ended peacefully.

The strike disrupted public transport and left hospitals operating on emergency staff.

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