Tens of thousands of Greeks protest in violent clash over debt plan

Black-hooded protesters hurling stones and petrol bombs on Sunday battled Greece’s parliament as lawmakers inside debated deeply unpopular austerity measures to secure a bail-out program aimed to stave off bankruptcy. The clashes erupted at around 6 p.m. local time as at least 25,000 people streamed into Syntagma Square facing Parliament. Several banks and shops in the center of the city are on fire, a spokesman for the national fire protection service said.