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Clear up takes place following protests against killing of a teenaged boy

(12 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST NIGHT SHOTS 1. Wide of empty street 2. Close-up of damaged traffic lights 3. Wide of street, car passing smouldering fire on road 4. Low shot of smouldering fire, cars passing in background 5. Mid of cleaning truck, pan to workers putting debris into truck 6. Workers cleaning up 7. Pull out from debris to cleaners working 8. Low shot of debris on road, man standing nearby, cars passing in background 9. Truck cleaning the roadside 10. Close-up of truck cleaning the roadside 11. Wide of hotel worker attempting to remove graffiti from wall 12. Close-up of electric sander, pull out to hotel worker removing graffiti STORYLINE Greek workers were cleaning up the streets of Athens on Thursday evening following several days of violent protests that spread across the country after police shot dead, 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. Several smouldering fires could be seen on roads, as workers cleared debris from the streets. After five days of protests, Greece began to try and fix the damage that the rioting had caused. People ventured out onto the streets; shops reopened in central Athens, many serving customers behind smashed storefronts covered with boards or garbage bags. Hundreds of shops have been damaged or destroyed during over the past few days as gangs of masked youths and self-styled anarchists smashed windows with metal bars, looted stores and set up flaming street barricades in cities throughout Greece. Earlier on Thursday, students pelted police stations with rocks and pledged to stay on the streets as protesters turned their rage over the police killing of a teenager into a wider rebellion against economic hardship. Demonstrators also overturned cars and blocked streets in central Athens. However the country was largely spared the extreme violence on Thursday that have been characteristic of the last five days since police shot and killed 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos. In Athens, demonstrators vowed to continue their flight, planning more rallies to vent anger over economic hardship exacerbated by the global financial crisis. Protesters began handing out fliers listing their demands, which include having riot police pulled from the streets and the reversal of public spending cuts that have heightened insecurity over jobs. The demonstrators have also begun adopting opposition demands for more financial relief for low-income Greeks. Greece's minimum wage is 658 euros (850 US dollars) per month. The broadening discontent spells trouble for conservative Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis' government, which has just only a one-seat majority in parliament. Even before the worst rioting in decades, his popularity was suffering amid financial scandals and unpopular economic and social reforms. Opposition parties are demanding Karamanlis resign and call early elections, arguing that his policies generated a social crisis that fuelled riots and that police left Greece's cities defenceless. Analysts said there had been warning signs of deepening social discontent. Protests have spread beyond Greece's borders, with demonstrations in several European countries, including Italy, Spain and Denmark. Greek diplomatic missions have been vandalised in Istanbul and New York. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...