ATHENS - Protesters remember '73 uprising

GREECE, Athens (AP):

More than 20,000 demonstrators marched through central Athens to the United States Embassy yesterday to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student uprising against the military dictatorship then ruling Greece. Minor clashes broke out when stone-throwing youths attacked riot police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.

No injuries or arrests were reported following the brief confrontation. More than 6,000 police were deployed in the capital, and roads along the demonstration route were blocked off, as anarchists often take advantage of November 17 marches to attack police and damage shops and banks. With Greece in the midst of a severe financial crisis that has seen the government impose strict cost-cutting measures, this year's demonstration was taking on an anti-austerity plan flavour, with protesters holding banners bearing slogans against the International Monetary Fund and European Union. "Stand up to the IMF junta". read one banner, while demonstrators chanted: "We want to work, not the reforms and unemployment."