Greece Approves New Austerity Protests
![Municipal public school guard Yiorgos Avramidi is comforted by colleagues after the Greek parliament approved new austerity measures, Athens, July 17, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/E6A5E0C7-B56D-4CA0-BD97-36D01D865DB7_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Municipal public school guard Yiorgos Avramidi is comforted by colleagues after the Greek parliament approved new austerity measures, Athens, July 17, 2013.
![Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, left, and Greek Prime minister Antonis Samaras, second left, are congratulated by lawmakers after a parliament vote in Athens, July 18, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/04CB363B-951E-4DEE-95CB-73C47A88D84D_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras, left, and Greek Prime minister Antonis Samaras, second left, are congratulated by lawmakers after a parliament vote in Athens, July 18, 2013.
![Demonstrators sit on a broken metal fence outside the Greek parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens, late July 17, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/FFE33A0D-161E-4F2E-A20B-BA9BB012B275_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Demonstrators sit on a broken metal fence outside the Greek parliament during an anti-austerity protest in Athens, late July 17, 2013.
![Protesters take part in a demonstration against public sector layoffs, which the government has promised its international lenders in exchange for bailout funds, in Athens, July 15, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/F31B1826-B6E0-4974-A314-46C248332125_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Protesters take part in a demonstration against public sector layoffs, which the government has promised its international lenders in exchange for bailout funds, in Athens, July 15, 2013.