(13 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Syntagma Square, pan to the parliament with protest in front
2. Mid of protest
3. Change of military guards of honour marching around the protest
4. Pan of protesters seated
5. Wide of square, burned Christmas tree
6. Close-up of workers on Christmas tree
7. Wide top shot of protesters in front of parliament
8. Police arriving outside parliament
9. Various of group of protesters approaching police shouting and throwing items at police, then police pushing protesters back
10. Police moving back as protesters move forward
11. Mid of police lined up in front of protesters outside parliament
12. Wide of protesters gathered outside parliament
13. Back shot of riot police being moved back by crowd of protesters
14. Various of riot police trying to keep protesters away from parliament building
15. Close of riot police
16. Various riot police in full riot gear lined up in front of protesters
17. Close back shot of riot policeman, protester in background
18. Protester speaking to policeman
19. Low angle shot of riot police walking past
20. Close of flower in woman's hand
21. Mid of protester
++NIGHT SHOTS++
22. Top shot of Syntagma Square
STORYLINE
A week after the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy sparked riots across Greece, young protesters on Saturday promised to remain on the streets until their concerns are addressed.
Several dozen students took part in a peaceful sit-down demonstration in Athens' central Syntagma Square.
Later in the afternoon, around two-thousand protesters gathered in the square.
The protesters then got into a confrontation with riot police who moved in and tried seal off the area outside parliament where the change of military guards takes place.
Protesters said that more demonstrations were scheduled for later in the day on Saturday, including a vigil at the place and time that 15-year-old Alexandros Grigoropoulos was fatally shot by a police officer a week ago.
Grigoropoulos' death has sparked daily demonstrations that have turned violent, leaving hundreds of stores smashed and looted.
At least 70 people have been injured and more than 200 arrested.
Daily rallies are scheduled over the next week, including plans to gather outside police headquarters.
While most of the protesters have been peaceful, the tone has been set by a violent fringe.
And more young people have been willing to join them than in the past.
The protests are driven in part by the widening gap between rich and poor in a country where the minimum monthly wage is 658 euros (850 US Dollars), graduates have poor job prospects and the government is making painful reforms to the pension system.
Beleaguered Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis has ruled out early elections, and renewed calls on opposition parties to issue stronger public condemnations of the violence.
Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis renewed calls for demonstrations to remain peaceful and promised to replace the city's torched Christmas tree next week.
Christmas shoppers cautiously returned to central Athens on Saturday, with many shops boarding up their windows instead of replacing glass for fear of further violence.
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