Nearly 50 people have been arrested and one injured near the American embassy in Athens, during a rally marking a 1970s student anti-dictatorship uprising. More than 20,000 demonstrators clashed with riot police who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. Police also reported clashes in the southern city of Patras. People were venting their anger at the U.S. support for the Junta which then ruled Greece.
Two days earlier:
Thousands of people protested November 15, 2010 in central Athens the same day IMF and EU officials arrived in Athens. A few hundred protesters clashed with police in front of Athens University. Clashes continued to the Polytechnic in Exarchia. The protests come two days before the annual November 17 march to the U.S. embassy.
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