(10 Dec 2008) SHOTLIST
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Wide of protester throwing firebomb towards police, zoom in to firebomb exploding in street as riot police team run forwards
2. Wide of riot police near firebomb
3. Wide of police running towards protesters as another firebomb explodes AUDIO: explosion
4. Wide tracking-shot of police charging towards protesters
5. Mid of police in street AUDIO: explosion
6. Wide of police approaching protesters, fire bombs flying through the air
7. Mid of police running
8. Wide of street, fire burning close to police
9. Mid of police running towards protesters
STORYLINE
Clashes in the Greek capital of Athens continued into Wednesday night, as protesters clashed with riot police on the fourth day of riots, sparked by the fatal police shooting of a teenager, 15-year-old Alexandros Griogropoulos, over the weekend.
Demonstrators threw fire bombs at police in the streets near to where the boy was shot as police fought to keep the protests under control.
Wednesday night's clashes topped off day-long protests which turned violent when 10-thousand people gathered in central Syntagma Square, as part of a pre-planned national strike against the conservative government's economic policies.
The national strike shut down schools, public services, hospitals and flights, and increased pressure on the fragile conservative government of Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, still reeling from the country's worst riots in decades.
The clashes escalated into running battles through the city centre, with riot police firing volleys of tear gas at masked youths pelting them with rocks, bottles and blocks of marble smashed from the Athens metro station entrance.
Although strike and demonstrations had been scheduled long before the riots broke out, they have taken on the added form of protest against the government's handling of the riots.
The explosion of rage against police tactics fed off months of widespread discontent with the conservative government, which has struggled to implement tough economic and social reforms at a time of deep anxiety over growing economic gloom.
Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis, whose party holds a majority of a single seat in the 300-member parliament, has so far ignored mounting calls for him to resign and call early elections.
Opposition Socialist leader George Papandreou claimed the conservatives are incapable of defending the public from rioters.
Labour unions rejected Karamanlis' appeals to call off Wednesday's rallies, saying Greeks have a right to demonstrate against economic hardship.
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