June 23, 2006

Greek Students Protest Proposals to Reform Universities

By AISHA LABI

Greek riot police officers fired tear gas into a crowd of several thousand protesters in Athens this month, injuring about 15 people. While the protesters were primarily university students who oppose government proposals to restructure higher education in Greece, news reports suggested that the targets of the crackdown were "anarchists" who had infiltrated the demonstration to use it as a cover for vandalism.

Officers arrested 40 people, four of whom were later charged with offenses

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