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(8 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST 1. Wide of building engulfed in flames 2. Protesters throwing objects 3. Man using fire extinguisher 4. Riot police retreating 5. Protesters throwing objects 6. Building on fire with flames coming out of windows 7. Wide of street scene with fire trucks 8. Wide of fire engine cherry picker lifting firefighter to put out flames 9. Firefighter extinguishing flames 10. Wide of street scene with building engulfed in flames and riot police in street 12. Various of riot police with building on fire in background 13. Back shot of photographer taking picture of fire as debris falls 14. Car on fire 15. Wide of tear gas filling air 16. Wide of debris burning in middle of street with ambulance nearby 17. Protesters throwing petrol bombs towards police and camera 18. Wide of protesters throwing objects and creating roadblock 19. Wide of riot police in street with various fires burning 20. Bank on fire STORYLINE Gangs of youths smashed their way through central Athens and Thessaloniki on Monday, torching stores and buildings after the fatal police shooting of a teenager sparked Greece's worst rioting in decades. Dozens of shops, banks and even luxury hotels had their windows smashed and burned in a night of lawlessness as youths fought running battles with riot police. Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose increasingly unpopular government has already faced a growing number of sometimes violent demonstrations in recent months, called an emergency Cabinet meeting on Monday night. In Athens, rioters torched the capital's large Christmas tree in central Syntagma Square. As the hooded youths moved on, some protesters posed for photos in front of the blaze, and others sang the Greek version of "O Christmas Tree." The windows of two of Athens' luxury hotels, the Athens Plaza and the Grande Bretagne on Syntagma Square, were smashed. A hotel guard at the Athens Plaza said its guests had been evacuated. Fires were also reported in the building of an airline and a Greek bank, as well as in tens of other stores in most of Athens' major central streets. Rioters, meanwhile, set up burning barricades across downtown streets. In Athens alone, about 130 businesses were damaged in the weekend riots, many on the popular Ermou pedestrian shopping street and extending to the Monastiraki district. Athens shop owners pleaded on Monday for protesters to suspend all demonstrations until the New Year, but their call was ignored. Schools were to shut on Tuesday in mourning, while staff at universities declared a three-day strike. The fire departments rushed to respond to the widespread destruction. Massive riots first erupted on Saturday across the country, from Thessaloniki in the north to the island of Crete in the south, after 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was fatally shot by a police officer in Athens' often volatile Exarchia district. The circumstances surrounding the shooting are unclear, but the two officers involved have been arrested; one has been charged with murder and the other as an accomplice. A coroner's report shows the boy was shot in the chest. Nearly 30 people have been injured in the rioting, while authorities have said 37 policemen were injured in Athens over the weekend by objects thrown at them by protesters. Violence often breaks out between riot police and anarchists during demonstrations in Greece. Anarchist groups are also blamed for late night fire-bombings of targets such as banks and diplomatic vehicles. The attacks rarely cause injuries. 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...